Table 1.
Donor, Recipient, and Surgery Characteristics (n=18)
| Donor Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Male sex, n (%) | 7 (39) |
| Age, mean | 34.2 |
| Mode of death, n (%) | |
| Traumatic Brain Injury | 11 (61) |
| Anoxia | 4 (22) |
| Stroke | 3 (17) |
| Race, n (%) | |
| White | 12 (67) |
| African American | 5 (28) |
| Other | 1 (6) |
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| Recipient Characteristics | |
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| Male sex, n (%) | 11 (61) |
| Age, mean | 55.3 |
| Pulmonary Diagnosis | |
| COPD | 11 (61) |
| Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis | 5 (28) |
| Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension | 1 (6) |
| Cystic Fibrosis | 1 (6) |
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| Surgery Characteristics | |
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| Transplant type, double, n (%) | 18 (100) |
| Ischemia time in mins, mean | 314 |
18 bilateral lung transplants were performed and donor, recipient, and operative variables were recorded. All donor lungs were donated after brain death.