Factors Predicting Success in Lung Transplant Recipients Who Have Undergone Intensive Post-operative Rehabilitation

Factors Predicting Success in Lung Transplant Recipients Who Have Participated in the COLTT Program (Daily Intensive Post-hospitalization Rehabilitation): A Retrospective Review

This is a retrospective review of the COLTT program outcomes and factors that predict recovery of functional status after lung transplantation.

The Center of Life for Thoracic Transplant (COLTT) program is a daily (5 days per week) intensive rehabilitation program for patients who have undergone lung transplant. Patients are enrolled in COLTT as part of standard care after hospital discharge. This study is a retrospective review of seventy patients that measures the efficacy of the COLTT program and establishes predictors of patient success.This study will also measure the effect of functional outcomes on hospital readmission post COLTT discharge.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients who completed the COLTT program from May, 2016 to July, 2017.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any COLTT patients who were not new lung transplant recipients.