Waiting time and mortality rate on lung transplant candidates in Japan: a single-center retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As lung transplantation (LTX) is a valuable treatment procedure for end-stage pulmonary disease, delayed referral to a transplant center should be avoided. We aimed to conduct a single-center analysis of the survival time after listing for LTX and waitlist mortality in each disease category in a Japanese population.

Methods

We included patients listed for LTX at Tohoku University Hospital from January 2007 to December 2020 who were followed up until March 2021. Pulmonary disease was categorized into the Obstructive, Vascular, Suppurative, Fibrosis, and Allogeneic groups. Risk factors for waitlist mortality were assessed using a Cox proportional hazards model. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to model time to death.

Results

We included 269 LTX candidates. Of

SUBMITTER: Hirama T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8630869 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature