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. 2024 May 10;37:12751. doi: 10.3389/ti.2024.12751

TABLE 3.

Unadjusted analysis.

Unadjusted analysis for risk factors associated with clinically significant airway ischemia
CSAI (N = 126) Non-CSAI (N = 260) p-value OR CI
Patient Demographics
Age (years) 51.30 (15.86) 53.29 (15.31) 0.24 0.99 0.98, 1.01
 Gender
 Female 52 (41.3%) 105 (40.4%)
Male 74 (58.7%) 155 (59.6%) 0.87 0.96 0.63, 1.49
Body-Mass Index 25.36 (5.71) 25.39 (5.41) 0.96 1 0.96, 1.04
Type of Transplant
 Single 15 (11.9%) 33 (12.7%)
 Double 111 (88.1%) 227 (87.3%) 0.83 1.08 0.57, 2.11
First Anastomosis
 Left 61 (48.4%) 103 (39.6%)
 Right 65 (51.6%) 157 (60.4%) 0.1 0.7 0.45, 1.07
Primary Diagnosis
ILD/Restrictive Lung Disease 68 (54%) 152 (58.5%)
 COPD 23 (18.3%) 42 (16.2%) 0.5 0.82 0.46, 1.48
 Cystic Fibrosis 25 (19.8%) 47 (18.1%) 0.38 1.83 0.46, 7.21
 PAH/PVD 5 (4%) 5 (1.9%) 0.94 0.97 0.48, 1.97
 Other 5 (4%) 14 (5.4%) 0.46 0.65 0.19, 1.95
Multiorgan Transplant 4 (3.2%) 7 (2.7%) 0.79 1.19 0.31, 4.00
LAS score 43.10 (11.53) 45.79 (15.65) 0.09 0.99 0.97, 1.00
ABO Type
 A 46 (36.5%) 97 (37.3%)
 B 12 (9.5%) 26 (10%) 0.95 0.97 0.44, 2.07
 O 61 (48.4%) 122 (46.9%) 0.82 1.05 0.66, 1.69
 AB 7 (5.6%) 15 (5.8%) 0.97 0.98 0.36, 2.51
Condition at Transplant
 Hospitalized 4 (3.2%) 8 (3.1%)
 ICU 8 (6.3%) 31 (11.9%) 0.37 0.52 0.13, 2.32
 Not hospitalized 114 (90.5%) 221 (85%) 0.96 1.03 0.32, 3.93
Life support prior to transplant 5 (4%) 28 (10.8%) 0.03 0.34 0.11, 0.84
Preoperative Ventilator Use 0 (0%) 4 (1.5%) 0.98 0 NA, 5.68E+29
Preoperative ECMO 2 (1.6%) 10 (3.8%) 0.22 0.38 0.06, 1.48
Preoperative Noninvasive Ventilation 3 (2.4%) 14 (5.4%) 0.17 0.41 0.09, 1.29
Mean PAP (mmHg) 26 (9.44) 26.80 (9.87) 0.71 1 0.97, 1.02
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.86 (0.20) 0.86 (0.45) 0.93 0.97 0.50, 1.67
Prior cardiac surgery 0 (0%) 9 (3.5%) 0.98 0 NA, 1.23E+21
Prior lung surgery 23 (18.3%) 39 (15%) 0.42 1.27 0.71, 2.21
Type 2 diabetes mellitus 39 (31%) 55 (21.2%) 0.04 1.67 1.03, 2.70
History of Smoking 64 (50.8%) 134 (51.5%) 0.89 0.97 0.63, 1.49
Re-Transplant 1 (0.8%) 9 (3.5%) 0.16 0.22 0.01, 1.21
Chronic steroid use 46 (36.5%) 111 (42.7%) 0.25 0.77 0.50, 1.19
Donor Characteristics
Donor Type
 DBD 120 (95.2%) 241 (92.7%)
 DCD 6 (4.8%) 19 (7.3%) 0.34 0.63 0.23, 1.54
Age (years) 36.16 (12.69) 35.07 (12.75) 0.43 1.01 0.99, 1.02
Gender
 Female 54 (42.9%) 86 (33.1%)
 Male 72 (57.1%) 174 (66.9%) 0.06 0.66 0.43, 1.02
Diabetes 16 (12.7%) 24 (9.2%) 0.3 1.42 0.72, 2.77
>20 py smoking history 78 (61.9%) 139 (53.5%) 0.13 1.4 0.91, 2.18
Extended Criteria Donor a 55 (43.7%) 102 (39.2%) 0.41 1.2 0.78, 1.85
Donor Cultures
Candida species 41 (32.5%) 66 (25.4%) 0.10 1.49 0.93, 2.38
Any positive donor cultures 101 (80.2%) 202 (77.7%) 0.24 1.40 0.81, 2.51
Perioperative Characteristics
ECLS
 Off-Pump 20 (15.9%) 63 (24.2%)
 ECMO 35 (27.8%) 57 (21.9%) 0.05 1.93 1.01, 3.77
 CPB 71 (56.3%) 140 (53.8%) 0.11 1.6 0.91, 2.90
EVLP 28 (22.2%) 42 (16.2%) 0.15 1.48 0.86, 2.52
Total Ischemic Time (min) 330.00 (153.93) 320.95 (132.66) 0.55 1 1.00, 1.00
Warm Ischemic Time (min) 42.72 (14.84) 45.20 (13.00) 0.19 0.99 0.96, 1.01
Suture Technique
 Running 100 (79.4%) 171 (65.8%)
 Interrupted 26 (20.6%) 89 (34.2%) 0.01 0.5 0.30, 0.82
PGD 3 at 48–72 h 28 (22.2%) 57 (21.9%) 0.95 1.02 0.60, 1.69
Post-Op ECMO 18 (14.3%) 33 (12.7%) 0.67 1.15 0.61, 2.11
Ventilator Support >5 days 40 (31.7%) 76 (29.2%) 0.61 1.13 0.71, 1.78
Peak mixed venous O2 within 48 h 72.46 (11.55) 76.00 (10.02) 0.01 0.97 0.95, 0.99
Peak Creatinine within 48 h 1.02 (0.34) 1.04 (0.50) 0.61 0.88 0.53, 1.41
Peak Lactate within 72 h 7.10 (3.62) 6.96 (3.72) 0.73 1.01 0.95, 1.07
Atrial Fibrillation 56 (44.4%) 110 (42.3%) 0.69 1.09 0.71, 1.67
Major Bleeding b 21 (16.7%) 19 (7.3%) 0.01 2.54 1.31, 4.95
Acute Cellular Rejection 14 (11.1%) 16 (6.2%) 0.09 1.9 0.88, 4.03

Continuous variables expressed as Mean (SD); Categorical variables expressed as frequency (%).

a

Extended Criteria Donor: Age >55, DCD, PF < 300, Anticipated ischemia >6 h, abnormal chest X-ray, >20 py smoking history.

b

Major bleeding within the early postoperative period requiring surgical intervention.

CSAI: clinically significant airway ischemia, ILD: interstitial lung disease, PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension, PVD: pulmonary vascular disease, LAS: lung allocation score, ICU: intensive care unit, ECMO: Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation, PAP: pulmonary arterial pressure, DBD: donor after brain death, DCD: donor after circulatory death, CPB: Cardio-Pulmonary Bypass, EVLP: Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion.

PGD: primary graft dysfunction.