Expanding the Donor Pool: Lung Transplantation With Donors 55 Years and Older

Expanding the Donor Pool: Lung Transplantation With Donors 55 Years and Older

The scarcity of donor organs is one of the major limitations to lung transplantation. This has led to a progressive expansion of criteria for donor selection in lung transplantation. This study evaluated the outcome of recipients of lungs from donors ≥55 years. We performed a retrospective analysis...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transplantation proceedings 2006-10, Vol.38 (8), p.2691-2693
Hauptverfasser: Dahlman, S., Jeppsson, A., Scherstén, H., Nilsson, F.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Age Factors
Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Fundamental immunology
Humans
Kirurgi
Lung Transplantation - mortality
Lung Transplantation - physiology
Lung Transplantation/mortality/physiology
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Surgery
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Survival Analysis
Survivors
Tissue Donors - statistics & numerical data
Tissue, organ and graft immunology
Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:The scarcity of donor organs is one of the major limitations to lung transplantation. This has led to a progressive expansion of criteria for donor selection in lung transplantation. This study evaluated the outcome of recipients of lungs from donors ≥55 years. We performed a retrospective analysis of 212 consecutive lung transplantations. Recipients were divided into two groups, those receiving lungs from donors ≥55 years (older donor group) and those receiving lungs from donors
ISSN:0041-1345
1873-2623
DOI:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.07.037