Clinical transplantation
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Clinical transplantation · Jul 2017
The association of donor age and survival is independent of ischemic time following deceased donor lung transplantation.
Early research suggests prolonged ischemic time in older donor lungs is associated with decreased survival following lung transplantation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether this association holds in the post-lung allocation score era. ⋯ Prolonged ischemic time is not associated with decreased overall survival in patients undergoing lung transplantation regardless of the donor's age. However, donor age >50 is independently associated with decreased survival. The lack of an association between ischemic time and survival should encourage broader geographic allocation of pulmonary allografts.