Lung Transplantation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Call to Modify the Lung Allocation Score to Decrease Waitlist Mortality

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Travis D. Hull ◽  
Gregory A. Leya ◽  
Andrea L. Axtell ◽  
Philicia Moonsamy ◽  
Asishana Osho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Lung Transplantation ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Lung Allocation Score ◽  
Waitlist Mortality

scholarly journals Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and the Optimal Timing of Lung Transplantation

Medicina ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
pp. 646
Author(s):  
Vazquez Guillamet
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Lung Transplantation ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Survival Benefit ◽  
Optimal Timing ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Systemic Manifestations ◽  
Transplantation Procedures

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) accounts for the largest proportion ofrespiratory deaths worldwide and was historically the leading indication for lung transplantation.The success of lung transplantation procedures is measured as survival benefit, calculated assurvival with transplantation minus predicted survival without transplantation. In chronicobstructive pulmonary disease, it is difficult to show a clear and consistent survival benefit.Increasing knowledge of the risk factors, phenotypical heterogeneity, systemic manifestations, andtheir management helps improve our ability to select candidates and list those that will benefit themost from the procedure.

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