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OPTN/SRTR 2018 Annual Data Report: Lung
- Source :
- American Journal of Transplantation. 20:427-508
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2020.
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Abstract
- The primary goal of US lung allocation policy is to ensure that candidates with the highest risk for mortality receive appropriate access to lung transplant. In 2018, 2562 lung transplants were performed in the US, reflecting a 31% increase over the past 5 years. More candidates are being listed for lung transplant, and the number of donors has increased substantially. Despite an increase of 84 lung transplants in 2018, 365 adult candidates died or became too sick to undergo transplant. In 2018, 24 new child (ages 0-11 years) candidates were added to the lung transplant waiting list. Fifteen lung transplants were performed in recipients aged 0-11 years, three in recipients aged younger than 1 year, two in recipients aged 1-5 years, and ten in recipients aged 6-11 years. Of 27 child candidates removed from the waiting list in 2018, 16 (59.3%) were removed due to undergoing transplant, six (22.2%) due to death, one (3.7%) due to improved condition, and one (3.7%) due to becoming too sick to undergo transplant.
- Subjects :
- Transplantation
Lung transplants
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Tissue and Organ Procurement
Lung
Waiting Lists
business.industry
Graft Survival
Transplant Waiting List
030230 surgery
Tissue Donors
United States
Resource Allocation
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Waiting list
Humans
Immunology and Allergy
Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
business
Lung Transplantation
Lung allocation score
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16006135
- Volume :
- 20
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American Journal of Transplantation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....339d36826b4915cdce00927e990cc344