Lung Transplantation Procured From Donors of Drug-Overdose: Effect on Organ Rejection and Survival Outcomes From UNOS

Dramatic increases in drug overdose can have great implications for organ donor pools. History of drug abuse and potential risk of transmittable disease may impact lung transplantation (LTx) donor utilization. We compared the survival outcome of LTx patients utilizing drug overdose vs. non-drug overdose donors and assessed their acute rejection events postoperatively.
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Transplantation and Tissue Engineering Source Type: research