Lung Transplant Graft Outcomes from Organs Recovered in Independent versus Hospital-Based Donor Care Units

Purpose: In the United States, deceased organ donors may be transferred to one of two types of donor care units (DCUs) for organ recovery: independent or hospital-based. Donation and transplantation outcomes have not been compared between these types, which may differ in staffing, resources, or management processes. We hypothesized that lung transplant graft survival would not differ between donors in independent vs hospital-based DCUs.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Source Type: research