Frailty Trajectories in Adult Lung Transplantation: A Cohort Study

Frailty is common in adults with end-stage lung disease and is associated with death before and after lung transplantation. We aimed to determine whether frailty changes from before to after lung transplant.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 17, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Aida Venado, Charles McCulloch, John Greenland, Patricia Katz, Allison Soong, Pavan Shrestha, Steven Hays, Jeffrey Golden, Rupal Shah, Lorriana E Leard, Mary Ellen Kleinhenz, Jasleen Kukreja, Lydia Zablotska, Isabel E Allen, Kenneth Covinsky, Paul Blanc, Source Type: research