Jonathan P Singer, Joshua M Diamond, Michaela R Anderson, Patricia P Katz, Ken Covinsky, Michelle Oyster, Tatiana Blue, Allison Soong, Laurel Kalman, Pavan Shrestha, Selim M Arcasoy, John R Greenland, Lori Shah, Jasleen Kukreja, Nancy P Blumenthal, Imaani Easthausen, Jeffrey A Golden, Amika McBurnie, Ed Cantu, Joshua Sonett, Steven Hays, Hilary Robbins, Kashif Raza, Matthew Bacchetta, Rupal J Shah, Frank D'Ovidio, Aida Venado, Jason D Christie, David J Lederer
Frailty is associated with increased mortality among lung transplant candidates. We sought to determine the association between frailty, as measured by the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) and mortality after lung transplantation. In a multicenter prospective cohort study of adults who underwent lung transplantation, pre-operative frailty was assessed with the SPPB (n=318) and, in a secondary analysis, the Fried Frailty Phenotype (FFP; n=299). We tested the association between pre-operative frailty and mortality following lung transplantation with propensity score adjusted Cox models...
April 18, 2018: American Journal of Transplantation