Impact of donor chest radiography on clinical outcome after lung transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Organ donation guidelines recommend a "clear" conventional bedside chest radiograph before lung transplantation despite only moderate accuracy for cardiopulmonary abnormalities.

Purpose

To evaluate the influence of donor image interpretation on lung transplantation outcome in recipients by following early and late complications, one-year survival, and to correlate imaging findings and blood gas analysis with lung transplantation outcome in recipients.

Material and methods

In 35 lung donors from a single institution clinical reports and study reviews of imaging findings of the mandatory bedside chest radiographs and blood gas analyses were compared with clinical outcome in 38 recipients. Hospitalization time, peri- and postoperative complications, early comp

SUBMITTER: Bozovic G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6024291 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature