Survival improved for patients with cystic fibrosis with BMI recovery post-lung transplant

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,

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,