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Nutrition‐related factors associated with waiting list mortality in patients with interstitial lung disease: A retrospective co

Cardiology
Author
OSHIMA et al.
Used Parameters : BW, BMI, SMM, Segmental FFM, PBF

Publication Year : 2019

Country : Japan

Journal : Clinical Transplantation

Japanese patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) sometimes die waiting for lung transplantation (LTx) because it takes about 2 years to receive it in Japan. We evaluated nutrition‐related factors associated with waiting list mortality. Seventy‐six ILD patients were hospitalized in Kyoto University Hospital at registration for LTx from 2013 to 2015. Among them, 40 patients were included and analyzed. Patient background was as follows: female, 30%; age, 50.3±6.9 years; body mass index, 21.1±4.0 kg/m2; 6‐minute walk distance …
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