Evaluation of a lung donor score: retrospective analysis of Swiss donor data

Background: Donor lungs for transplantation are a scarce resource. One possibility to extend the donor pool is to consider ”extended criteria” donors. Scoring systems have been developed aiming to support experts in prediction of outcome, and to enable better judgment of donor acceptability. Aims/Methods: The study evaluates the lung donor quality score as described by Smits from Eurotransplant et al. (Transplant Int 2011). We...