ArticleGeneral thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2023
The impact of prognostic nutrition index on the waitlist mortality of lung transplantation.
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- Methodological considerations regarding the prognostic value of the geriatric nutritional risk index in lung transplant waitlist mortality.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2026Article
- Clinical impact of the prognostic nutritional index at listing and immediately before surgery in lung transplantation.Surgery today · 2026Article
- Significance of geriatric nutritional risk index in predicting lung-transplant waiting list mortality of patients with interstitial lung disease regardless of percentage forced vital capacity.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2026Article
- Prediction, incidence, and outcomes of massive transfusion during lung transplantation.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Musculo-Immuno-Nutritional Score as a Prognostic Marker in Patients with Interstitial Pneumonia Awaiting Lung Transplantation.Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2025Article
- Association of the psoas muscle index with the survival of patients on a waiting list for lung transplantation: a Japanese single-institution study.Surgery today · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe prognostic nutrition index (PNI), calculated using serum albumin and total lymphocyte count, is a recent topical index related to inflammation. Preoperative PNI is regarded as a new preoperative prognostic score in lung transplantation (LTx). This study aimed to investigate the impact of PNI at the time of registration as a prognostic parameter of mortality on the waiting list for LTx.
methodsA retrospective review was conducted on the data of 132 adult patients registered for LTx in our department between January 2013 and June 2020. Patients who finally received LTx were analyzed as censored data. The overall survival was evaluated using the Kaplan-Meier method for pre-registered clinical factors including the PNI at the time of registration. Overall survival was calculated from the date of listing to the Japan Organ Transplant Network to the date of death.
resultsThe low-PNI group had a significantly worse prognosis. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that age (p = 0.023), idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (p < 0.001), lung allocation score (LAS) (p < 0.001), and PNI (p < 0.001) were independent prognostic factors for waitlist mortality.
conclusionsPNI at the time of registration can be an independent prognostic parameter in registered candidates for LTx.
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