The psychosocial evaluation is well-recognized as an important component of the
multifaceted assessment process to determine candidacy for heart transplantation, lung …

Background. Lung transplant patients are vulnerable to various forms of allograft injury,
whether from acute rejection (AR)(encompassing acute cellular rejection [ACR] and …

The concept of frailty has gained considerable interest in clinical solid-organ transplantation
over the past decade. Frailty as a phenotypic construct to describe a patient's risk from …

Rationale: In the United States, donor lungs are allocated to transplant candidates on the
basis of lung allocation scores (LAS). However, additional factors beyond the LAS can …

Background The Lung Allocation Score (LAS) is used in the US to prioritize lung transplant
candidates. Selection bias, induced by dependent censoring of waitlisted candidates and …

Objectives To determine if decreases in the Karnofsky Performance Score (KPS) while on
the waitlist predict decreased survival after lung transplantation (LTx). Design A …

Background Survival predictors are not established for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients listed for
lung transplantation (LT). Using the deficit accumulation approach, we developed a CF …

Context Caring for people with advanced illness has an impact on caregivers' physical,
psychological, and emotional health. Patients being evaluated for lung transplantation or …

Aim To evaluate if adult persons with spina bifida (SB) who have urinary tract complications
have cognitive difficulties that can be identified by neuropsychological tests. Methods All …

As a researcher in cancer nursing for the last 40 years, my primary focus has been to design
studies to test the role of the advance practice oncology nurse on patient and caregiver …