Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP): An Algorithm Proposal to Identify Acceptable Organs for Transplantation

Purpose: Due to organ shortage, EVLP has been increasingly used to assess extended-criteria donor lung and expand donor pool. Different protocols are used worldwide to perform the procedure; however, organ acceptance criteria, although mainly evaluating the ratio between arterial oxygen partial pressure and inspiratory fraction of oxygen (PaO2/FiO2), are still not clearly defined. We propose a decision-making algorithm to help grafts assessment
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Source Type: research