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Pediatric Lung Transplantation | Referrals

Selection Criteria Disease States Considered for Lung Transplantation Pre-transplant Evaluation

Disease States Considered for Lung Transplantation

Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases

  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Bronchiolitis Obliterans
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Restrictive Lung Diseases

  • Interstitial lung disease (including Surfactant Protein C mutations)
  • Pulmonary fibrosis (radiation, toxins, medications)
  • Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (including Surfactant protein B deficiency)
  • Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
  • Primary pulmonary hypertension
  • Pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease, repaired or unrepaired
  • Pulmonary atresia with nonconfluent hypoplastic pulmonary arteries
  • Pulmonary venous stenosis
  • Alveolar capillary dysplasia

Diagnoses at SLCH

Pie chart showing SLCH diagnoses: Cystic Fibrosis, 41%; Pulmonary HTN, 24%; ReTxp: OB, 9%; ReTxp: Other, 4%; Bronchiolitis Obliterans, 4%; Other, 18%

Data as of Jan., 2004.


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