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18 August 2020 : Original article  

What Awaits on the Other Side: Post-Lung Transplant Morbidity and Mortality After Pre-Transplant Hospitalization

Darya Rudym1ACDEF, Luke Benvenuto1ABCDE, Joseph Costa2B, Meghan Aversa1AB, Hilary Robbins1AB, Lori Shah1AB, Hanyoung Kim1B, Bryan P. Stanifer2AB, Joshua Sonett2AB, Frank D'Ovidio2AB, Selim M. Arcasoy1ABCDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.922641

Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e922641

Table 3 Morbidity in hospitalized versus outpatient lung transplant recipients.

Hospitalized (n=114)Outpatient (n=334)p Value
Hospital LOS, median [IQR], days25 [18;41]18 [13;25]<0.001
ICU LOS, median [IQR] days9.5 [6;19]6 [4;10]<0.001
Grade 3 PGD at 72 hours, No. (%)* 34 (29.8)32 (9.6)<0.001
Length of MV, median [IQR], days6 [3;15]3 [2;6]<0.001
Need for re-operation, No. (%)26 (22.8)40 (12.0)0.005
Need for tracheostomy, No. (%)45 (39.5)51 (15.3)<0.001
Disposition, No. (%)0.001
 Home73 (64.0)276 (82.6)
 Acute rehab32 (28.1)40 (12.0)
 Long-term acute care hospital9 (7.9)18 (5.4)
* Missing data on 41 patients, analysis performed on a cohort of 407 patients.
Data presented as a percent or median with an interquartile range. LOS – length of stay; IQR – interquartile range; ICU – Intensive Care Unit; PGD – primary graft dysfunction; MV – mechanical ventilation.

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Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358
Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358