PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bartlomiej Zych
AU  - Toufan Bahrami
AU  - Anna Reed
AU  - Mohamed Amrani
AU  - Prashant Mohite
AU  - Ajay Moza
AU  - Heike Krueger
AU  - Martin Carby
AU  - Andre Simon
TI  - Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) as a bridge to lung transplantation (LTx)
DP  - 2012 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P1483
VI  - 40
IP  - Suppl 56
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P1483.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P1483.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2012 Sep 01; 40
AB  - Purpose: Death on the waiting list remains high in patients awaiting LTx. ECLS as a bridge may increase patient's survival. We present our initial experience.Materials and Methods: Between Feb. 2010 and Dec. 2011 100 patients underwent LTx at our institution. 7 (7%) recipients were supported with ECLS prior to LTx. Outcome, donor and recipient parameters were analysed.Results: Donor age was 21(20;47) (median (interquartile range)) y.; gender – F/M: 5/2, cause of death: intracranial haemorrhage 3, hypoxic brain injury 2, bacterial meningitis 2; duration of donor mechanical ventilation was 2(2;2.5) days; PaO2/FiO2 ratio: 63.4(58.15;69.45) kPa. One patient died during the support.View this table:Table 1. Recipients' demographics and perioperative data.Conclusion: ECLS as a bridge to LTx is a feasible option of treatment providing good early results. Longer weaning from mechanical ventilation, hospital and ICU LOS after transplantation should be expected.