Frequency of face touching with and without a mask in pediatric hematology/oncology health care professionals.

The impact of wearing a mask on face-touching behavior is unknown. We conducted a survey of pediatric hematology/oncology staff to assess the perception of how masks would affect face-touching behavior and a brief observational study of providers during conferences in a children's hospital to quantify how masks affect face-touching behavior. Most felt that the mask would either increase (37.

Association of Cardiac Abnormalities to the Frail Phenotype in Cirrhotic Patients on the Waitlist: From the Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation Study.

Background: Frailty is a syndrome of decreased physiologic reserve that results from compromise of multiple physiologic systems including cardiovascular system. We aimed to determine the association between the frail phenotype and cardiac abnormalities in liver transplant (LT) candidates through evaluation of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) indices.

Methods: Included were consecutive outpatients listed for LT who underwent a frailty assessment from January 1, 2014, to June 30, 2016 (using the Liver Frailty Index) and a 2-dimensional/Doppler TTE examination.