Table 2.
Waitlist Outcomes for Patients Listed for LTx With BPD or Other Diagnoses
| Reason for Removal From Waitlist | Frequency |
P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPD (n = 65) | Other Patients (n = 48,178) | ||
| Received a transplant | 37 (56.9) | 33,995 (70.6) | .015 |
| Died while on waitlist | 4 (6.2) | 5,216 (10.8) | .225 |
| Condition deteriorated | 1 (1.5) | 2,444 (5.1) | .194 |
| Condition improved | 8 (12.3) | 1,525 (3.2) | < .001 |
| Still waiting (alive) | 3 (4.6) | 1,040 (2.2) | .173 |
| Transferred to another center | 2 (3.1) | 575 (1.2) | .162 |
| Transplant at another center | … | … | … |
| Unable to contact candidate | 2 (3.1) | 218 (0.5) | .002 |
| Other/missing | 8 (12.3) | 3,165 (6.5) | .062 |
Data are presented as No. (%). Values listed in bold are statistically significant. BPD = bronchopulmonary dysplasia; LTx = lung transplant.