Donor lung assessment using selective pulmonary vein gases [TX & MCS]

CONCLUSIONS
Selective pulmonary vein gases provide corroborative objective support to the findings at bronchoscopy, palpation and visual assessment. Central gases do not always reflect true function of the lungs, having high false-positive rate towards the individual lower lobe gas exchange. Objective measures of donor lung function may optimize donor surgeon assessment, allowing for low pulmonary graft dysfunction rates and low 90-day and 1-year mortality.

Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery - November 3, 2016 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Costa, J., Sreekanth, S., Kossar, A., Raza, K., Lederer, D. J., Robbins, H., Shah, L., Sonett, J. R., Arcasoy, S., D'Ovidio, F. Tags: Trachea and bronchi TX & amp; MCS Source Type: research