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 | |
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Hospital LOS, median [IQR], days | 25 [18;41] | 18 [13;25] | <0.001 |
ICU LOS, median [IQR] days | 9.5 [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], days | 6 [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 | ||
Home | 73 (64.0) | 276 (82.6) | |
Acute rehab | 32 (28.1) | 40 (12.0) | |
Long-term acute care hospital | 9 (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. |