Recipient selection, timing of referral, and listing for lung transplantation

Bilal Haider Lashari; Catherine Myers; James Brown; Jonathan Galli; Sameep Sehgal

doi:10.1007/s12055-022-01330-5

Recipient selection, timing of referral, and listing for lung transplantation

Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Jul;38(Suppl 2):237-247. doi: 10.1007/s12055-022-01330-5. Epub 2022 Mar 14.

Authors

Bilal Haider Lashari¹, Catherine Myers², James Brown³, Jonathan Galli¹, Sameep Sehgal⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA USA.
² Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL USA.
³ Lakeland Regional Health, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Lakeland, Lakeland, FL USA.
⁴ Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH USA.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Bilateral lung transplant; Lung transplantation; Recipient selection; Single lung transplant.

Publication types

Review