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12241936

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9333
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-20
pubmed:abstractText
Present criteria for donor-lung selection exclude more than 85% of lungs. We aimed to establish if potentially suitable lungs are rejected for transplantation. We obtained 29 pairs of rejected lungs and assessed them by physiological, microbiological, and histological methods. Most donor lungs had no or mild pulmonary oedema (24/29 [83%]), intact alveolar fluid clearance (17/23 [74%]), and normal or mildly abnormal histological findings (18/29 [62%]). When all factors were considered, including microbiological and non-lung donor factors, 12 (41%) of 29 pairs of rejected lungs would have been potentially suitable for transplantation. Our findings emphasise the urgent need for prospective scientific assessment of selection of donors for lung transplantation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
360
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
619-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Assessment of lungs rejected for transplantation and implications for donor selection.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, T1217 MCN, Nashville, TN 37232-2650, USA. lorraine.ware@vanderbilt.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't