Severe underweight decreases the survival rate in adult lung transplantation

Severe underweight decreases the survival rate in adult lung transplantation

Purpose The body mass index (BMI) before lung transplantation (LT) is a benchmark of the post-LT survival. The aim of the study is to determine the BMI inadequate for the post-LT survival. Methods We examined the survival after LT in patients grouped into the following BMI categories:

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Veröffentlicht in:Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2017-10, Vol.47 (10), p.1243-1248
Hauptverfasser: Komatsu, Teruya, Chen-Yoshikawa, Toyofumi F., Oshima, Ayako, Harashima, Shin-ichi, Aoyama, Akihiro, Inagaki, Nobuya, Date, Hiroshi
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Body Mass Index
Female
Humans
Lung Transplantation - mortality
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Nutritional Status
Original Article
Retrospective Studies
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Survival Rate
Thinness - physiopathology
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose The body mass index (BMI) before lung transplantation (LT) is a benchmark of the post-LT survival. The aim of the study is to determine the BMI inadequate for the post-LT survival. Methods We examined the survival after LT in patients grouped into the following BMI categories:
ISSN:0941-1291
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/s00595-017-1508-8