Waiting List

A smaller proportion of women vs. men underwent lung transplantation, plus women spent a longer time on the wait list before receiving the transplant, according to results published in ERJ Open Research.

Patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia who received a lung transplant showed survival rates comparable to those of transplant recipients with other lung diseases, according to results published in CHEST.

When lives hang in the balance, trust is essential. People of color have been chronically under-represented in our nation’s organ transplant system, to the detriment of their health.

Despite an expanded availability of donor hearts, there remains a shortage of available donor organs for people in need of transplantation, and many experts point to widespread inefficiencies with the U.S. organ transplant system.

The American Kidney Fund has commended Kentucky for enacting H.B. 345, a law that expands Medigap access to some patients who are younger than 65 years, according to the press release.

Children aged younger than 3 years receiving a lung transplant have different diagnoses, shorter wait times and comparable long-term survival to older patients, according to a study published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Liver transplant candidates with a small stature experienced longer waitlist times and had lower rates of transplant, with the smallest 25% of candidates most affected, according to study results in JAMA Surgery.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — While the evaluation process and placement of patients on the transplant waitlist can be a challenge, maintaining their readiness has equal importance, a speaker at the Cutting Edge of Transplantation Summit said.

Patients in Iran reported negative outcomes, such as financial burdens, and doubtful factors, like long wait times, as reasons for not switching from peritoneal dialysis to transplantation, according to data published in a study.

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network passed a policy to provide Black patients impacted by the eGFR race coefficient with the opportunity to modify their wait time for transplantation, according to a press release.