Edward Cantu, Joshua Diamond, Nikhil Ganjoo, Ana Nottigham, Christian Vivar Ramon, Madeline McCurry, Jacqueline Friskey, Dun Jin, Michaela R Anderson, Jessica Lisowski, Audrey Le Mahajan, A Russell Localio, Robert Gallop, Jesse Hsu, Jason Christie, Douglas E Schaubel
Lung transplantation lags behind other solid organ transplants in donor lung utilization due, in part, to uncertainty regarding donor quality. We sought to develop an easy-to-use donor risk metric that, unlike existing metrics, accounts for a rich set of donor factors. Our study population consisted of n = 26 549 adult lung transplant recipients abstracted from the United Network for Organ Sharing Standard Transplant Analysis and Research file. We used Cox regression to model graft failure (GF; earliest of death or retransplant) risk based on donor and transplant factors, adjusting for recipient factors...
January 22, 2024: American Journal of Transplantation