Body mass Index does not impact long-term survival of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis undergoing lung transplantation

Body mass Index does not impact long-term survival of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis undergoing lung transplantation

ObjectiveWe investigated the impact of body mass index (BMI) on post-operative outcomes and survival of patients with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) undergoing lung transplantation.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed 222 patients with IPF that underwent lung transplant (LT) at our institution...

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Main Authors: Entela B. Lushaj, Malcolm M. DeCamp, James Maloney, Glen Leverson, Nilto De Oliveira, Daniel McCarthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Transplantation
Subjects:
lung transplant
outcomes
body mass index
pulmonary fibrosis
survival
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frtra.2023.1146779/full

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