Improvements in Frailty Contribute to Substantial Improvements in Quality of Life after Lung Transplantation in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

BACKGROUND: While lung transplantation (LTx) improves health related quality of life (HRQL) in cystic fibrosis (CF), the determinants of this improvement are unknown. In other populations, frailty—a syndrome of vulnerability to physiologic stressors—is associated with disability and poor HRQL. We hy...

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Published in:Pediatr Pulmonol
Main Authors: Perez, Alyssa A, Hays, Steven R, Soong, Allison, Gao, Ying, Greenland, John R, Leard, Lorriana E, Shah, Rupal J, Golden, Jeffrey, Kukreja, Jasleen, Venado, Aida, Kleinhenz, Mary Ellen, Singer, Jonathan P
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8048765/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32237273
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppul.24747
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