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 4 Morbidity in hospitalized patients by hospital location.
ICU (n=84) | Non-ICU (n=30) | p Value | |
---|---|---|---|
Hospital LOS, median [IQR], days | 29 [19;43] | 20 [14;26] | 0.009 |
ICU LOS, median [IQR] days | 11 [7;20] | 7 [4;10] | 0.009 |
Grade 3 PGD at 72 hours, No. (%)* | 30 (35.7) | 4 (13.3) | 0.062 |
Length of MV, median [IQR], days | 7 [4;17] | 3 [2;6] | <0.001 |
Need for re-operation, No. (%) | 20 (23.8) | 6 (20.0) | 0.669 |
Need for tracheostomy, No. (%) | 40 (47.6) | 5 (16.7) | 0.003 |
Disposition, No. (%) | 0.028 | ||
Home | 47 (60.0) | 26 (86.7) | |
Acute rehab | 29 (34.5) | 3 (10.0) | |
Long-term acute care hospital | 6 (7.1) | 3 (10.0) | |
* Missing data on 8 patients, analysis performed on a cohort of 106 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. |