Predictors of Intraoperative Donor Lung Turndown After Initial Acceptance

Purpose: Turndown of donor lungs at the time of potential recovery wastes transplant team, hospital, and system resources. We investigated predictors of intraoperative turndown (ITD) of donor lung allografts that were initially accepted.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - April 1, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: , A.L. Zhou, J.M. Ruck, A. Kalra, A.J. Casillan, J.S. Ha, C.A. Merlo, E.L. Bush Source Type: research