Lung transplant waitlist mortality: Height as a predictor of poor outcomes
Keeshan BC, Rossano JW, Beck N, Hammond R, Kreindler J, Spray TL, Fuller S, Goldfarb S. Lung transplant waitlist mortality: Height as a predictor of poor outcomes. Pediatric Transplantation 2014, 19: 294-300. PMID: 25406495, DOI: 10.1111/petr.12390.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung allocation systemWaitlist mortalityPretransplant mortalityCurrent lung allocation systemPost-transplant outcomesPost-transplant survivalTime of listingLung transplantUNOS databaseIndependent predictorsPediatric patientsPoor outcomeMale genderRetrospective analysisWait listAge cutoffMultivariate analysisMortalityPatientsPredictorsValuable factorShorter heightOutcomesAllocation systemUnited States