TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of the Oto lung donor score to analyze the 2010 donor pool of the Nord Italia Transplant program
AU - Porro, G. A.
AU - Valenza, F.
AU - Coppola, S.
AU - Froio, S.
AU - Benazzi, E.
AU - De Fazio, N.
AU - Santambrogio, L.
AU - D'Armini, A. M.
AU - Loy, M.
AU - Ravini, M.
AU - Lucianetti, A.
AU - Moretti, M. P.
AU - Vesconi, S.
AU - Scalamogna, M.
AU - Gattinoni, L.
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - Introduction: The feasibility and utility of a lung donor score that has been recently proposed was tested among a pool of lung donors referred to the Nord Italia Transplant program (NITp) organ procurement organization. Material and Methods: Each lung donor was assigned an Oto score including, age, smoking history, chest X-ray, secretions and ratio of arterial oxygen tension to inspired oxygen fraction (PaO2/FiO2). Based on clinical compromise, each variable received a score between 0 and 3, except for PaO 2/FiO2, which was scored between 0 and 6 given its overall relevance. Results: Throughout 2010, 201 multiorgan donors were initially considered to be potential lung donors. Among these, 59 (29.4%) eventually yielded 67 lung transplantations (named "Used group"). Among the 142 (70.6%) refused lungs, 28 were not used due to logistic or medical problems ("general exclusion" group, GE) and 114, because of poor lung function ("lung exclusion" group, LE). Median lung donor scores were 1 (range, 0 to 3), 4 (range, 2.5 to 6.5), and 7 (range, 5 to 9) in the Used, GE, and LE groups, respectively (one-way analysis of variance, P
AB - Introduction: The feasibility and utility of a lung donor score that has been recently proposed was tested among a pool of lung donors referred to the Nord Italia Transplant program (NITp) organ procurement organization. Material and Methods: Each lung donor was assigned an Oto score including, age, smoking history, chest X-ray, secretions and ratio of arterial oxygen tension to inspired oxygen fraction (PaO2/FiO2). Based on clinical compromise, each variable received a score between 0 and 3, except for PaO 2/FiO2, which was scored between 0 and 6 given its overall relevance. Results: Throughout 2010, 201 multiorgan donors were initially considered to be potential lung donors. Among these, 59 (29.4%) eventually yielded 67 lung transplantations (named "Used group"). Among the 142 (70.6%) refused lungs, 28 were not used due to logistic or medical problems ("general exclusion" group, GE) and 114, because of poor lung function ("lung exclusion" group, LE). Median lung donor scores were 1 (range, 0 to 3), 4 (range, 2.5 to 6.5), and 7 (range, 5 to 9) in the Used, GE, and LE groups, respectively (one-way analysis of variance, P
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U2 - 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.06.024
DO - 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.06.024
M3 - Article
C2 - 22974848
AN - SCOPUS:84866310656
SN - 0041-1345
VL - 44
SP - 1830
EP - 1834
JO - Transplantation Proceedings
JF - Transplantation Proceedings
IS - 7
ER -