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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2016 Feb 4;16(4):1207–1215. doi: 10.1111/ajt.13599

Table 3.

Lung Donor and Recipient Characteristics

Donation after Circulatory
Determination of Death (DCDD)
Donation after Neurologic
Determination of Death (DNDD)
Percent missing
Donor Characteristics n = 162 (1.3%) n = 12495 (98.7%)
Age 37.5 (25.25, 47) 31 (21, 46) 0%
Male (%) 97 (60%) 7386 (59%) 0%
Race 0%
 White (%) 139 (86%) 7631 (61%)
 Black (%) 9 (6%) 2504 (20%)
 Asian/Pacific Islander (%) 3 (2%) 359 (3%)
 Hispanic (%) 10 (6%) 1931 (15%)
 Other (%) 1 (1%) 70 (1%)
Body Mass Index 25.14 (22.67, 28.93) 24.82 (22.03, 28.26) 0%
Cigarette Use > 20 pack years (%) 13 (8%) 1283 (10%) 1%
Increased Risk Donor (%) 8 (5%) 1033 (8%) 0%
WLST to Death Time (min)* 21 (16, 29) NA 14%
WLST to Cannulation Time (min)* 26.5 (22.8, 33.0) NA 75%
Chest Radiograph 0%
 No Chest X-ray (%) 4 (2%) 80 (1%)
 Normal (%) 90 (56%) 6284 (50%)
 Abnormal (%) 66 (42%) 6032 (48%)
Bronchoscopy
 Left Lung 5%
   No Bronchoscopy (%) 48 (31%) 594 (5%)
   Normal (%) 89 (57%) 9147 (77%)
   Purulent Secretions (%) 10 (6%) 1211 (10%)
 Right Lung 7%
   No Bronchoscopy (%) 47 (32%) 580 (5%)
   Normal (%) 85 (57%) 8587 (74%)
   Purulent Secretions (%) 7 (5%) 1402 (12%)
PaO2 ≥ 300 mmHg on 100% FiO2 (%) 109 (69%) 8924 (72%) 1%
PaO2 on 100% FiO2 398 (196.5, 480.5) 420 (247, 492) 1%
Recipient Characteristics n = 169 n = 13,394
Age 58 (44, 63) 58 (47, 64) 0%
Male (%) 106 (63%) 7866 (59%) 0%
LAS Primary Diagnosis Group (%) 0%
 A (Obstructive Lung Disease) 46 (27%) 3933 (29%)
 B (Pulmonary Vascular Disease) 8 (5%) 466 (3%)
 C (Cystic Fibrosis) 30 (18%) 1760 (13%)
 D (Restrictive Lung Disease) 84 (50%) 7202 (54%)
 Other 1 (1%) 33 (0%)
Cold Ischemia Time 317 (257.5, 410.5) 301 (244, 350.5) 98%
Pre-Transplant Medical Condition 1%
 Hospitalized in ICU (%) 23 (14%) 1293 (10%)
 Hospitalized not in ICU (%) 19 (12%) 1175 (9%)
 Not Hospitalized (%) 122 (74%) 10728 (81%)
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (%) 11 (7%) 269 (2%) 0%
Mechanical Ventilation (%) 17 (10%) 1035 (8%) 0%
LAS 0%
 At Listing 36.27 (33.55, 42.94) 37.01 (33.48, 44.12)
 At Transplant 39.57 (34.47, 52.12) 39.89 (34.71, 50.69)
*

WLST refers to withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment