Lashari Bilal Haider, Myers Catherine, Brown James, Galli Jonathan, Sehgal Sameep
Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA USA.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL USA.
Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Jul;38(Suppl 2):237-247. doi: 10.1007/s12055-022-01330-5. Epub 2022 Mar 14.
Recipient selection for lung transplantation is a balance between providing access to transplantation to maximum patients, while utilizing this limited resource in the most optimal way. This review summarizes the current literature and recommendations about referral, listing, and evaluation of lung transplant candidates, with a focus on patients considered to have high risk characteristics.
肺移植受者的选择是一个平衡,既要让尽可能多的患者有机会接受移植,又要以最优化的方式利用这一有限资源。本综述总结了有关肺移植候选者转诊、列入名单和评估的当前文献及建议,重点关注被认为具有高风险特征的患者。