Sentence examples for lung allocation from inspiring English sources
Instead, according to the lung allocation score (LAS) system, organs should be allocated to patients who have the greatest need, such as those on ECMO, but who are also likely to benefit most from the transplant [ 5, 6, 23, 24].
In 2005, the lung allocation score (LAS) was implemented, dramatically changing the way lungs are allocated.
On Monday, the executive committee of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network did not drastically change the rules for lung allocation.
The rise in elderly lung transplant candidates is particularly dramatic because, since 2005, a "lung allocation score" puts those at the highest mortality risk, rather than those who've waited longest, at the top of the list.
Validated survival modeling is important for guiding clinical decision-making, case-mix adjustment in comparative effectiveness research and refinement of the lung allocation system (LAS).
Since 2005, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network has used the lung allocation score (LAS) to assign organ allocation priority in lung transplantation.
However, recent progress in lung graft allocation rules and management of acute RHF dramatically reduced the risk of death in young patients candidate for transplantation.
However, no recent data on this life-threatening condition are available since the progress in severe PH management, the changes in lung graft allocation rules and the development of extracorporeal life support as bridge to transplantation.
5 A respiratory physician blind to treatment allocation reviewed lung function data and smoking history, from private and public medical records.
Only CT findings were considered for group allocation: animals with lung opacifications other than small, localized dorsal atelectasis were included in the respective opacified group.
It also meant that despite random allocation the static lung compliance at baseline was slightly higher and the PEEP was slightly lower in the PHARLAP group (Table 1).
