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Prehabilitation for Kidney Transplant Candidates: Is it Time?

Prehabilitation for Kidney Transplant Candidates: Is it Time? Clinical transplantation Cheng, X. S., Myers, J. N., Chertow, G. M., Rabkin, R., Chan, K. N., Chen, Y., Tan, J. C. 2017

Abstract

Many patients become frail with diminished cardiorespiratory fitness while awaiting kidney transplantation. Frailty and poor fitness powerfully predict mortality, transplant graft survival, and health care utilization after kidney transplantation. Efforts to intervene with post-transplant physical therapy have been met with limited success, in large part due to high study drop-out. We reviewed the literature on chronic kidney disease and exercise to propose a clinical framework for physical therapy interventions to improve fitness, scheduled for before the transplant. This framework may lead to better patient retention and compliance, and thus demonstrate better efficacy in mitigating the effects of frailty and poor fitness after kidney transplantation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

View details for DOI 10.1111/ctr.13020

View details for PubMedID 28564126