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. 2022 Mar:22 Suppl 2:438-518.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.16991.

OPTN/SRTR 2020 Annual Data Report: Lung

M Valapour  1   2 , C J Lehr  2 , M A Skeans  1 , J M Smith  1   3 , E Miller  4 , R Goff  4 , T Mupfudze  4 , K Gauntt  4 , J J Snyder  1   5
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OPTN/SRTR 2020 Annual Data Report: Lung

M Valapour et al. Am J Transplant. 2022 Mar.
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Abstract

For the first time in a decade, both the number of candidates added to the waiting list and the number of lung transplants performed decreased from the year prior; the number of lung donors also declined. This slowing of transplant activities in 2020 was associated with a modest increase in waitlist mortality. The year 2020 was notable for the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which undoubtedly influenced all trends noted in lung transplantation. Time to transplant continued to decrease, with a median time to transplant of 1.4 months across all waitlist candidates. Posttransplant survival remained stable, with 89.4% of transplant recipients surviving to 1 year, 74.8% to 3 years, and 61.2% to 5 years.

Keywords: End-stage lung disease; LAS; lung allocation score; lung transplant; organ allocation; revised lung allocation score; transplant outcomes.

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