1. Impact of donor lung quality on post‐transplant recipient outcome in the Lung Allocation Score era in Eurotransplant – a historical prospective study
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Smits, Jacqueline M, Gottlieb, Jens, Verschuuren, Erik, Evrard, Patrick, Hoek, Rogier, Knoop, Christiane, Lang, György, Erp, Johanna M Kwakkel‐van, Vos, Robin, Verleden, Geert, Rondelet, Benoit, Hoefer, Daniel, Langer, Frank, Schramm, Rene, Hoetzenecker, Konrad, Kessel, Diana, Luijk, Bart, Seghers, Leonard, Deuse, Tobias, Buhl, Roland, Witt, Christian, Strelniece, Agita, Green, Dave, Vries, Erwin, Laufer, Guenter, and Van Raemdonck, Dirk
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Lung ,Organ Transplantation ,Transplantation ,Respiratory ,Adult ,Humans ,Lung Transplantation ,Prospective Studies ,Retrospective Studies ,Tissue Donors ,Transplant Recipients ,Treatment Outcome ,donation ,donor ,expanded donor pool ,lung clinical ,outcome ,Surgery ,Clinical sciences - Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is an impact of donation rates on the quality of lungs used for transplantation and whether donor lung quality affects post-transplant outcome in the current Lung Allocation Score era. All consecutive adult LTx performed in Eurotransplant (ET) between January 2012 and December 2016 were included (N = 3053). Donors used for LTx in countries with high donation rate were younger (42% vs. 33% ≤45 years, P
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- 2020