Donor Smoking History and Age in Lung Transplantation | Zendy

Norihisa Shigemura | Zendy; Yoshiya Toyoda | Zendy; Jay K. Bhama | Zendy; Cynthia Gries | Zendy; M. Crespo | Zendy; B. A. Johnson | Zendy; Diana Zaldonis | Zendy; Joseph M. Pilewski | Zendy; C. Bermúdez | Zendy

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Donor Smoking History and Age in Lung Transplantation

Author(s) -

Norihisa Shigemura,

Yoshiya Toyoda,

Jay K. Bhama,

Cynthia Gries,

M. Crespo,

B. A. Johnson,

Diana Zaldonis,

Joseph M. Pilewski,

C. Bermúdez

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45

H-Index - 204

eISSN - 1534-6080

pISSN - 0041-1337

DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e3182751f1f

Subject(s) - medicine , smoking history , lung transplantation , transplantation , lung , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , surgery , physics , optics

When selecting a donor for lung transplantation, it is generally believed that the best outcomes occur when the donor has no smoking history. Because we experienced unexpected adverse outcomes after transplant of lungs from teenaged donors with no smoking history, this study revisited the effects of donor smoking history in relation to age on transplant outcomes.

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