Publications by authors named "B W Koons"
Aims: Patients with heart failure (HF) experience various signs and symptoms and have difficulties in perceiving them. Integrating insights from patients who have engaged in the process of symptom perception is crucial for enhancing our understanding of the theoretical concept of symptom perception. This study aimed to describe how patients with HF perceive symptoms through the processes of monitoring, awareness, and evaluation and what influences the process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the effect of intraoperative cryoablation on postoperative patient-reported pain, opioid use, and clinical outcomes in lung transplantation.
Methods: We performed a single-center retrospective cohort study of adult lung transplant recipients from August 2017 to September 2018. We compared outcomes of patients who received intraoperative cryoablation of the intercostal nerves with those who did not.
Development of the Lung Transplant Frailty Scale (LT-FS).
J Heart Lung Transplant
July 2023
Background: Existing measures of frailty developed in community dwelling older adults may misclassify frailty in lung transplant candidates. We aimed to develop a novel frailty scale for lung transplantation with improved performance characteristics.
Methods: We measured the short physical performance battery (SPPB), fried frailty phenotype (FFP), Body Composition, and serum Biomarkers representative of putative frailty mechanisms.
Background: There is considerable heterogeneity in symptom burden among lung transplant candidates that may not be explained by objective measures of illness severity.
Objectives: This study aimed to characterize symptom burden, identify distinct profiles based on symptom burden and illness severity, and determine whether observed profiles are defined by differences in social determinates of health (SDOH).
Methods: This was a prospective study of adult lung transplant candidates.