Discharge frailty following lung transplantation.

Andrew M CourtwrightDerek ZaleskiMichael TevaldJoe AdlerJonathan Paul SingerEdward E CantuChristian A BermudezJoshua M Diamond

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2019)

Discharge frailty is common following lung transplantation. In most frail patients, an intensive outpatient physical therapy program is associated with improvement in frailty, as assessed by the SPPB.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes