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SUBMITTER: Genao L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3535527 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Genao L L Whitson H E HE Zaas D D Sanders L L LL Schmader K E KE
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20121121 1
This manuscript describes the functional status trajectory of older (age 65 or older) and younger (age 18-64) adults after lung transplantation (LT). After the implementation of the lung allocation score (LAS) in 2005, older adults became the fastest growing subgroup of recipients. Yet the impact of LT on physical function, a main determinant of quality of life in older adults, is unknown. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using United Network for Organ Sharing data on 4805 adults who re ...[more]