Open AccessDonor Smoking History and Age in Lung Transplantation
Author(s) -
Norihisa Shigemura,
Yoshiya Toyoda,
Jay K. Bhama,
Cynthia J. Gries,
Maria Crespo,
Bruce A. Johnson,
D. Zaldonis,
Joseph M. Pilewski,
C. Bermúdez
Publication year - 2013
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.