Underweight patients with cystic fibrosis have acceptable survival after lung transplantation: a unos registry study.

CONCLUSIONS: CF recipients with BMI <17 kg/m2 had post-transplant survival comparable to other frequently transplanted groups. BMI <17 kg/m2 as a single risk factor in the CF population should not be treated as an absolute contraindication to LTx.
PMID: 31958441 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chest - January 16, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ramos KJ, Kapnadak SG, Bradford MC, Somayaji R, Morrell ED, Pilewski JM, Lease ED, Mulligan MS, Aitken ML, Gries CJ, Goss CH Tags: Chest Source Type: research