Table 3.
Clinical risk factors for PGD
| Category | Risk factors for Primary Graft Dysfunction |
|---|---|
| Donor inherent variables | Age>45 or <21yo |
| African American race | |
| Female sex | |
| Smoke exposure | |
| Donor acquired variables | Prolonged mechanical ventilation |
| Aspiration | |
| Head trauma | |
| Hemodynamic instability after brain death | |
| Recipient variables | Female gender |
| Body mass index>25 | |
| Pulmonary arterial hypertension | |
| Pulmonary hypertension secondary to parenchymal lung disease | |
| Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis | |
| Sarcoidosis | |
| Elevated pulmonary arterial pressure at time of surgery | |
| Operative variables | Single lung transplantation |
| Prolonged ischemic time | |
| Use of cardiopulmonary bypass | |
| Packed red blood transfusion > 1L | |
| High reperfusion FiO2 > 0.4 | |
| Use of Euro-Collins preservation solution |