A nationwide Danish study has quietly surfaced a blind spot in transplant medicine: people who receive a new liver carry a substantially elevated burden of chronic lung disease, one that persists long after the surgery and cannot be explained away by age, smoking, or circumstance. Among 512 liver transplant recipients compared to matched population controls, airflow limitation was fifty percent more common and a pattern of impaired airflow nearly twice as prevalent — differences that held firm even after rigorous statistical adjustment. The finding invites clinicians to look beyond the organ t
Liver transplant recipients show significantly poorer lung function than general population
Liver transplant recipients experience chronic dyspnea and reduced lung function that may impact quality of life and require additional clinical monitoring.