Michaela Restivo Anderson, Selim M Arcasoy, Christian Benden, Marie Budev, Marlene Cano, Kam Man Larissa Chandra, Malachy J Clancy, Joshua Diamond, Ioannis Dimarakis, Alexander Dragnich, Louise Fuller, Vasiliki Gerovasili, Laurent Godinas, Zubair A Hashmi, Are M Holm, Brittany Koons, Zsofia Kovacs, Jin Gu Lee, Erin M Lowery, Julia Maheshwari, Federica Meloni, Elyn Montgomery, Catherine Myers, Justin Rosenheck, Aman Sidhu, Lianne G Singer, Laurie D Snyder, Syed Tousheed, Rhea Varughese, James R Walsh, Barbara Wilkey, Monique Malouf, Jonathan P Singer
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.