Underweight Patients With Cystic Fibrosis Have Acceptable Survival Following Lung Transplantation: A United Network for Organ Sharing Registry Study

BACKGROUND: Reduced BMI is an absolute contraindication for lung transplantation (LTx) at most centers in the United States. The objective of this study was to quantify post-LTx survival of moderate to severely underweight patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) (BMI < 17 kg/m(2)) in the United States...

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Published in:Chest
Main Authors: Ramos, Kathleen J., Kapnadak, Siddhartha G., Bradford, Miranda C., Somayaji, Ranjani, Morrell, Eric D., Pilewski, Joseph M., Lease, Erika D., Mulligan, Michael S., Aitken, Moira L., Gries, Cynthia J., Goss, Christopher H.
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Language:Inglês
Published: American College of Chest Physicians 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7118242/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31958441
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2019.11.043
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