Depression Common in Patients Awaiting Lung Transplant

November 2, 2015

(Medscape) – Patients waiting for a lung transplant can suffer from depression, anxiety, and stress — which can potentially affect transplant outcome — but a previous diagnosis of a mood disorder is not predictive of who is at risk, new research suggests. There is a “need for new measures to screen patients while they’re waiting for lung transplant,” said study investigator Abhay Vakil, MD, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.