[HTML][HTML] Primary graft dysfunction attenuates improvements in health-related quality of life after lung transplantation, but not disability or depression

NA Kolaitis, Y Gao, A Soong, JR Greenland… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Disability, depressive symptoms, and impaired health-related quality of life (HRQL) are
common among patients with life-threatening respiratory compromise. We sought to
determine if primary graft dysfunction (PGD), a syndrome of acute lung injury, attenuates
improvements in patient-reported outcomes after transplantation. In a single-center
prospective cohort, we assessed disability, depressive symptoms, and HRQL before and at
3-to 6-month intervals after lung transplantation. We estimated the magnitude of change in …