Assessing and Addressing Frailty in Candidates for Lung Transplantation: An ISHLT Consensus Statement.
The ISHLT Consensus document for the selection of lung transplant candidates recommends frailty assessment as part of a comprehensive candidacy evaluation. Missing from this and other recent consensus documents were practical recommendations on which frailty measures to consider and what to do with the information once obtained. In this consensus document, we address practical and logistical issues regarding the assessment and management of frailty in lung transplant candidates.
Authors
- Zubair A. Hashmi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8907-1210)
- Justin P. Rosenheck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1685-5447)
- Erin M. Lowery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7536-068X)
- Are Martin Holm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2884-9634)
- Laurent Godinas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2214-5879)
- Marlene Cano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2368-9256)
- Aman Sidhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4817-1533)
- Malachy James Clancy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7251-1940)
- Lianne Gail Singer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2693-8676)
- Ioannis Dimarakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3795-3644)
- Barbara Wilkey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1382-5816)
- Jonathan Paul Singer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-7472)
- James Walsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6438-5662)
- M. Malouf
- Z. Kovacs
- Alexander Dragnich
- Brittany Koons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0852-666X)
- Julia A. Maheshwari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2779-5929)
- Selim M. Arcasoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1906-8577)
- Vasiliki Gerovasili
- Catherine N. Myers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3761-153X)
- Syed Zulkharnain Tousheed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9954-5008)
- Laurie D. Snyder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5962-2184)
- Christian Benden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8409-5646)
- Michaela Restivo Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9274-7643)
- Rhea A. Varughese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4328-0239)
- E. E. MONTGOMERY (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3470-6901)
- Marie M Budev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1575-3980)
- Joshua Diamond
- Federica Meloni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4014-0617)
- Louise Fuller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5302-3984)
- Jin Gu Lee
- Kam Man Larissa Chandra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6803-638X)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Duke University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Yonsei University (KR)
- University of Washington (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Pavia (IT)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Papworth Hospital (GB)
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven (BE)
- The Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Harefield Hospital (GB)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- St Vincent's Hospital Sydney (AU)
- Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Prince Charles Hospital (AU)
- Washington University Medical Center (US)
- Policlinico San Matteo Fondazione (IT)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
- Villanova University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2026-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2026.05.033
- Primary Topic
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00