Characteristics of donor lungs declined on site and impact of lung allocation policy change

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OBJECTIVE: National and institutional data suggest an increase in organ discard rate (donor lungs procured but not implanted) after a new lung allocation policy was introduced in 2017. However, this measure does not include on-site decline rate (donor lungs declined intraoperatively). The objective of this study is to examine the impact of the allocation policy change on on-site decline.

METHODS: We used a Washington University (WU) and our local organ procurement organization (Mid-America Transplant [MTS]) database to abstract data on all accepted lung offers from 2014 to 2021. An on-site decline was defined as an event in which the procuring team declined the organs intraoperatively, and the lungs were not procured. Logistic regression models were used to investigate potentially modifiable reasons for decline.

RESULTS: The overall study cohort comprised 876 accepted lung offers, of which 471 donors were at MTS with WU or others as the accepting center and 405 at other organ procurement organizations with WU as the accepting center. At MTS, the on-site decline rate increased from 4.6% to 10.8% (P = .01) after the policy change. Given the greater likelihood of non-local organ placement and longer travel distance after policy change, the estimated cost of each on-site decline increased from $5727 to $9700. In the overall group, latest partial pressure of oxygen (odds ratio [OR], 0.993; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.989-0.997), chest trauma (OR, 2.474; CI, 1.018-6.010), chest radiograph abnormality (OR, 2.902; CI, 1.289-6.532), and bronchoscopy abnormality (OR, 3.654; CI, 1.813-7.365) were associated with on-site decline, although lung allocation policy era was unassociated (P = .22).

CONCLUSIONS: We found that nearly 8% of accepted lungs are declined on site. Several donor factors were associated with on-site decline, although lung allocation policy change did not have a consistent impact on on-site decline.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Nov;166(5):1359-1360. - PMID 37024009

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:166

Enthalten in:

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 166(2023), 5 vom: 29. Nov., Seite 1347-1358.e11

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Terada, Yuriko [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Tsuyoshi [VerfasserIn]
Hachem, Ramsey R [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jingxia [VerfasserIn]
Witt, Chad A [VerfasserIn]
Byers, Derek E [VerfasserIn]
Guillamet, Rodrigo Vazquez [VerfasserIn]
Kulkarni, Hrishikesh S [VerfasserIn]
Nava, Ruben G [VerfasserIn]
Kozower, Benjamin D [VerfasserIn]
Meyers, Bryan F [VerfasserIn]
Pasque, Michael K [VerfasserIn]
Patterson, G Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Marklin, Gary F [VerfasserIn]
Eghtesady, Pirooz [VerfasserIn]
Kreisel, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Puri, Varun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
Lung allocation policy
Lung transplantation
On-site decline
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 01.11.2023

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Nov;166(5):1359-1360. - PMID 37024009

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.03.017

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354953699