After testing and interviews have been completed and it’s concluded the patient is a good candidate for a lung transplant, he or she will be listed on regional and national organ recipient lists. A person’s place on the list is determined by the Lung Allocation Score, a complicated calculation that tries to predict two things:
- How long a patient is likely to live without a lung transplant
- How long a patient would be expected to live after receiving a lung transplant
People with higher scores are considered first when organ donors’ lungs become available.
Article Referenced from WebMD.com
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