Impact of donor, recipient and matching on survival after high emergency lung transplantation in France.

Arnaud RousselEdouard SageGilbert MassardPascal-Alexandre ThomasYves CastierElie FadelFrançoise Le Pimpec-BarthesJean-Michel MauryJacques JougonPhilippe LacosteJohanna ClaustreMarcel DahanAugustin PirvuAdrien TissotMatthieu ThumerelGabrielle DrevetCiprian PricopiJérôme Le PavecHervé MalXavier-Benoit D'JournoRomain KesslerAntoine RouxRichard DorentGabriel ThabutPierre Mordantnull null

Published in: The European respiratory journal (2019)

This exhaustive French national study suggests that HELT is associated with an adverse outcome compared with regular allocation. This adverse outcome is mainly related to the severity status of the recipients rather than donor or matching characteristics.

Keyphrases

emergency department
public health
healthcare
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
quality improvement
kidney transplantation
emergency medical