Advances in Lung Transplantation - Royal Perth Hospital
Advances in Lung Transplantation - Royal Perth Hospital
Advances in Lung Transplantation - Royal Perth Hospital
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RPH First 8 Transplants<br />
How have they done?<br />
median ischaemic time 3.0 hrs (range 2 - 5 hrs),<br />
3/7 non-ideal donors resulted <strong>in</strong> 4/8 transplants<br />
Post operative ventilation 2 - 18hrs (median 9 hrs)<br />
ICU stay 1 - 4 days (median 2 days)<br />
1 death, day 16, wound dehiscence<br />
1 re<strong>in</strong>tubation for 12 hours at day 21<br />
median <strong>Hospital</strong> stay 27 days (14 - 44 days)<br />
7 alive, functional class I -II, nil requirement for<br />
supplemental oxygen<br />
median 6MWT improvement 215 metres (75 - 345 m)
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