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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