Lung Allocation in the United States

Michael Eberlein; Edward R. Garrity; Jonathan B. Orens

doi:10.1016/j.ccm.2011.02.004

Lung Allocation in the United States

Michael Eberlein, Edward R. Garrity, Jonathan B. Orens

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Lung allocation in the United States has changed significantly with the introduction of the Lung Allocation Score (LAS) system in May 2005. Since then, organ allocation is no longer based on waiting time but on a measure of transplant benefit (the difference between survival with vs without a transplant). The LAS system has met its primary goal of reducing time and mortality on the waiting list. Better understanding of pretransplant factors that influence long-term posttransplant outcomes of the individual patient will be instrumental in improving the LAS system in the future.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	213-222
Number of pages	10
Journal	Clinics in Chest Medicine
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccm.2011.02.004
State	Published - Jun 2011

Keywords

Lung allocation
Lung allocation score
Lung transplantation

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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