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 …

This Thirty-third Adult Lung and Heart–Lung Transplant Report summarizes data from
55,795 adult lung and 3,879 adult heart–lung transplants performed through June 30, 2015 …

Background The allocation of donor lungs for transplantation in Germany was changed on
10 December 2011 to a system based on the Lung Allocation Score (LAS). The aim of the …

Lungs are allocated to adult and adolescent transplant candidates (aged⩾ 12 years) on the
basis of age, geography, blood type compatibility, and the lung allocation score (LAS), which …

Lung transplants are increasingly used as treatment for end‐stage lung diseases not
amenable to other medical and surgical therapies. Lungs are allocated to adult and …

Lungs are allocated in part based on the Lung Allocation Score (LAS), which considers risk
of death without transplant and posttransplant. Wait-list additions have been increasing …

BACKGROUND: Few data support current guidelines for donor selection in lung
transplantation. We determined degree of compliance with current donor guidelines, effect of …

With an improved median survival of 6.2 years, lung transplantation has become an
increasingly acceptable treatment option for end-stage lung disease. Besides survival …

Since the first successful single-lung transplant in 1983 and double-lung transplant in 1986,
thousands of patients have benefited from the procedures. Until 1995, allocation of donor …

BACKGROUND: Donor lung scarcity, distinct natural courses of the different types of end-
stage lung diseases, and lung allocation schemes demand appropriate candidate …