@article{JTD33028,
author = {Marco Schiavon and Giulio Faggi and Lorenzo Rosso and Luca Luzzi and Giovanni Maria Comacchio and Dario Gregori and Mario Nosotti and Francesco Damarco and Andrea Dell’Amore and David Bennet and Antonella Fossi and Piero Paladini and Luigi Santambrogio and Federico Rea},
title = {Outcomes and risk factors identification in urgent lung transplantation: a multicentric study},
journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
volume = {11},
number = {11},
year = {2019},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: In rapidly lung deteriorating patients, urgent lung transplantation (ULT) seems the only definitive therapy. Few publications on this topic report conflicting results, putting a word of caution about ULT programs.
Methods: A national ULT program was introduced in 2010: patients on mechanical support may be transplanted with the first available graft. We reviewed the experience of three national center, focusing on post-operative outcomes after ULT.
Results: Ten patients (17.5%) died awaiting transplantation, while 47 underwent LT with a median urgent waiting list time of 6 days. Pre-operatively, 4.3% of patients were supported only by mechanical ventilation (MV), 55.3% by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and the remaining 40.4% by both. The main indication was cystic fibrosis (64%). Median recipient lung allocation score was 72. In-hospital mortality was 19%. MV and ECMO median duration of 7 and 3 days, respectively while intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital stay were 20 and 46 days, respectively. At long-term, 1- and 3-year survival rate were 74% and 70%, respectively. Highly impact risk factors for in-hospital mortality were both presence and duration of preoperative veno-arterial ECMO and pre-transplant C-reactive protein level.
Conclusions: ULT program allows transplantation in a significant percentage of patients with acceptable results. Pre-operative recipient selection is mandatory to improve clinical outcomes.},
issn = {2077-6624}, url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/33028}
}