European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) Consensus Statement on Prehabilitation for Solid Organ Transplantation Candidates

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  • Coby Annema
  • Stefan De Smet
  • Ellen M. Castle
  • Yasna Overloop
  • Joost M. Klaase
  • Tania Janaudis-Ferreira
  • Sunita Mathur
  • Evangelia Kouidi
  • Maria Jose Perez Saez
  • Christophe Matthys
  • Fabienne Dobbels
  • Pisana Ferrari
  • Justyna Gołębiewska
  • Anna Mrzljak
  • Peter Girman
  • Perch, Michael
  • Victor Lopez-Lopez
  • Colin White
  • Dmytro Koval
  • Sharlene Greenwood
  • Diethard Monbaliu
  • on behalf of the ESOT Guidelines Taskforce

There is increasingly growing evidence and awareness that prehabilitation in waitlisted solid organ transplant candidates may benefit clinical transplant outcomes and improve the patient’s overall health and quality of life. Lifestyle changes, consisting of physical training, dietary management, and psychosocial interventions, aim to optimize the patient’s physical and mental health before undergoing surgery, so as to enhance their ability to overcome procedure-associated stress, reduce complications, and accelerate post-operative recovery. Clinical data are promising but few, and evidence-based recommendations are scarce. To address the need for clinical guidelines, The European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) convened a dedicated Working Group “Prehabilitation in Solid Organ Transplant Candidates,” comprising experts in physical exercise, nutrition and psychosocial interventions, to review the literature on prehabilitation in this population, and develop recommendations. These were discussed and voted upon during the Consensus Conference in Prague, 13–15 November 2022. A high degree of consensus existed amongst all stakeholders including transplant recipients and their representatives. Ten recommendations were formulated that are a balanced representation of current published evidence and real-world practice. The findings and recommendations of the Working Group on Prehabilitation for solid organ transplant candidates are presented in this article.

Original languageEnglish
Article number11564
JournalTransplant International
Volume36
Number of pages23
ISSN0934-0874
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

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Copyright © 2023 Annema, De Smet, Castle, Overloop, Klaase, Janaudis-Ferreira, Mathur, Kouidi, Perez Saez, Matthys, Dobbels, Ferrari, Gołębiewska, Mrzljak, Girman, Perch, Lopez-Lopez, White, Koval, Greenwood and Monbaliu.

    Research areas

  • exercise, nutrition, prehabilitation, psychosocial interventions, solid organ transplant candidates

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