Using lungs from increased-risk donors expands donor pool, maintains current survival rates
Saturday, December 7, 2019 - 12:20
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have found that using lungs from donors who are considered high risk for certain infectious diseases compared to standard risk donors results in similar one-year survival for recipients. In addition, researchers saw no difference in rejection or graft (donor lung) survival after one year in patients receiving lungs from increased-risk donors.