
In patients with cystic fibrosis, lower preoperative BMI was linked to lower likelihood for BMI recovery within 1 year of lung transplant, but those who achieved BMI recovery within 1 year after transplant had improved survival, researchers reported.
“Poor nutritional status as measured by BMI is an independent risk factor for pre-transplant death in advanced cystic fibrosis lung disease and low BMI is an indication for early referral to a lung transplant center,” Joseph B. Pryor, MD, professor in the department of general internal medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle,