Predictors of 1-year mortality in adult lung transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Upon surviving the first year post-lung transplantation, recipients can expect a median survival of 8 years. Within the first year, graft failure and multi-organ failure (possibly secondary to graft failure) are common causes of mortality. To better understand the prognosis within the first year, we plan on conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies addressing the association between the patient, donor, and transplant operative factors and graft loss 1-year post-lung transplant.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register, and PubMed supplemental for non-MEDLINE records for observational studies identifying independent risk factors for early mortality (1 year) in adult lung

SUBMITTER: Foroutan F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547526 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature