Pediatric Lung Transplantation | Referrals

Selection Criteria

• Patients over the age of 17 years should be referred to the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Lung Transplant Program.
• Children from birth to 17 years of age, with end stage lung disease and:
  • evidence of progression of disease,
  • medical therapy not effective,
  • limited life expectancy (12 - 18 months)
• Likelihood of recurrence of the disease is small.
• No evidence of irreversible organ dysfunction likely to progress or complicate the transplant.
  • Patients with irreversible left ventricular dysfunction considered for heart-lung transplant.
  • Patients with end-stage liver disease considered for liver-lung transplant.
• No contraindication to immunosuppression.
• Family and patient committed to adherence to complicated medical regimens.
• Child is psychologically stable with a stable family structure.