Lung Transplantation for Covid-19–Related Respiratory Failure in the United States

Little is known regarding appropriate patient selection for and clinical outcomes with lung transplantation for respiratory failure due to Covid-19. This study analyzes lung transplantations reported in the United Network for Organ Sharing registry from August 2020 through September 2021.

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2022-03, Vol.386 (12), p.1187-1188
Hauptverfasser:	Roach, Amy, Chikwe, Joanna, Catarino, Pedro, Rampolla, Reinaldo, Noble, Paul W, Megna, Dominick, Chen, Qiudong, Emerson, Dominic, Egorova, Natalia, Keshavjee, Shaf, Kirklin, James K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine General Coronavirus Coronaviruses Correspondence COVID-19 COVID-19 - complications Critical Care Critical Care General Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Female Humans Infectious Disease Infectious Disease General Lung transplantation Lung Transplantation - mortality Lung Transplantation - statistics & numerical data Lung transplants Male Middle Aged Postoperative Complications - mortality Pulmonary Pulmonary Fibrosis Respiratory Insufficiency - etiology Respiratory Insufficiency - surgery Surgery Surgery General United States - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Little is known regarding appropriate patient selection for and clinical outcomes with lung transplantation for respiratory failure due to Covid-19. This study analyzes lung transplantations reported in the United Network for Organ Sharing registry from August 2020 through September 2021.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMc2117024