Prognostic factors and outcomes in Japanese lung transplant candidates with interstitial lung disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Young patients with advanced interstitial lung disease (ILD) are potential candidates for cadaveric lung transplantation. This study aimed to examine clinical features, outcomes, and prognostic factors in Japanese ILD patients awaiting lung transplantation.

Methods

We investigated the clinical features and outcomes of 77 consecutive candidates with ILD who were referred to Kyoto University Hospital and subsequently actively listed for lung transplant in the Japan Organ Transplant Network between 2010 and 2014.

Results

Of the 77 candidates, 33 had idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and 15 had unclassifiable ILD. During the observational period, 23 patients (30%) received lung transplantations and 49 patients (64%) died before transplantation. Of the 33 patie

SUBMITTER: Ikezoe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5553985 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature