Episode 94: ISHLT Consensus: Frailty in Candidates for Lung Transplant

JHLT: The Podcast continues its exploration of recent consensus documents this month by discussing "Assessing and Addressing Frailty in Candidates for Lung Transplantation: An ISHLT Consensus Statement."

The statement appears online now at JHLT, and a helpful companion perspective piece from the authors can be read in your October print issue of the Journal.

Today's guests are project leads Michaela Anderson, MD, MS, of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and Jonathan Singer, MD, MS, of the University of California San Francisco.

In their discussion, they cover:

• What real-world teams want to know about frailty and how their document enhances clinical capacity
• How programs decide which tools to use to use to measure frailty—and which are most relevant to lung transplantation
• The importance of—and best timing for—universal assessment
• What's next in studying frailty

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