Extended donor criteria in lung transplantation : Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation
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The availability of suitable lung donors is the major limitation to increasing the number of
lung transplants performed. Donor criteria developed early in the lung transplant era have …

Background There is no objective method to estimate post–lung transplant survival solely on
the basis of cumulative donor risk factors. Methods The United Network Organ Sharing …

Objective: Standard lung donor criteria have been established on opinions and individual
experiences rather than on existing evidence. Since the scarcity of donor organs is one of …

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Lung transplantation has had increasing success worldwide and it became an acceptable
treatment modality in end-stage pulmonary diseases. The insufficient supply of donor lungs …

The selection of appropriate recipients for lung transplantation is an evolving discipline. As
experience with the procedure has developed over the last decades, the identification of …

Guidelines for the selection of lung-transplant candidates : Current Opinion in Organ
Transplantation Guidelines for the selection of lung-transplant candidates : Current Opinion in …

Selection criteria for lung donation were based on initial experiences with lung
transplantation without further studies to improve them, thereby guaranting the best use of …

The criteria that define acceptable physiologic and social parameters for lung donation have
remained constant since their empiric determination in the 1980s. These criteria include a …