Abstract Purpose of Review To highlight the importance of biological age in the context of
prehabilitation and to present relevant research regarding prehabilitation prior to solid organ …

Selection of lung transplant candidates is an evolving field that pushes the boundaries of
what is considered the norm. Candidate characteristics once thought to be prohibitive are …

Frailty is a complex, multidimensional syndrome characterised by a loss of physiological
reserves that increases a person9s susceptibility to adverse health outcomes. Most …

Background Existing measures of frailty developed in community dwelling older adults may
misclassify frailty in lung transplant candidates. We aimed to develop a novel frailty scale for …

Purpose The sarcopenia quality-of-life (SarQoL) questionnaire is designed to evaluate the
quality of life of sarcopenic patients. A pathological increase in intestinal permeability leads …

Heterogeneous frailty pathobiology might explain the inconsistent associations observed
between frailty and lung transplant outcomes. A Subphenotype analysis could refine frailty …

Rationale: Low and high body mass index (BMI) are associated with increased mortality
after lung transplantation. Why extremes of BMI might increase risk of death is unknown …

Background. After lung transplantation, both frailty and chronic lung allograft dysfunction
(CLAD) commonly develop, and when they do, are associated with poorer outcomes. Given …

Background Low muscle mass is common in patients approaching lung transplantation and
may be linked to worse post-transplant outcomes. Existing studies assessing muscle mass …

Objectives: Handgrip strength is increasingly used to assess muscle strength in various
conditions. In this review, we investigated handgrip strength in patients receiving or awaiting …