Table 2.

Contraindications to Lung Transplantation (8)

ABSOLUTE	RELATIVE
Active malignancy	Pleurodesis
Sepsis	Renal insufficiency
Active tuberculosis	Markedly abnomal body mass index
Severe neuromuscular disease	Mechanical ventilation/tracheostomy
Documented, refractory non-adherence	Scoliosis
Multiple organ dysfunction	Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome	Osteoporosis
Hepatitis C with histologic liver disease	Chronic airway infection with multiply resistant organisms
ECMO	Fungal infection/colonization
	Hepatitis B surface antigen positive

ECMO; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation