A Consensus Document for the Selection of Lung Transplant Candidates: 2014

An Update from the Pulmonary Transplantation Council of ISHLT

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Published 26 June 2014

David Weill, MD; Christian Benden, MD; Paul A. Corris, MD; John H. Dark, FRCS; R. Duane Davis, MD; Shaf Keshavjee, MD; David J. Lederer, MD; Michael J. Mulligan, MD; G. Alexander Patterson, MD; Lianne G. Singer, MD; Greg I. Snell, MD; Geert M. Verleden, MD, PhD; Martin R. Zamora, MD; Allan R. Glanville, MBBS, MD

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Jan;34(1):1-15

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The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) has developed 2 previous editions of International Guidelines for the Selection of Lung Transplant Candidates. Published in 1998 and 2006, these guidelines represented the best and most current information present at the time relevant to the appropriate selection of patients being evaluated for lung transplantation. Given the continued evolution of the field, the Pulmonary Transplantation Council presents a Third Edition of the Consensus Document for the Selection of Lung Transplant Candidates.

The goal of this current edition is to assist physicians, both those who refer candidates and those who work in the lung transplant field, in properly identifying patients who are the most likely to benefit from lung transplantation. Although physicians caring for patients with advanced lung disease outside of a transplant center do not make the final decision regarding listing a patient for transplant, it is imperative that physicians involved with these sorts of patients become familiar with the criteria for lung transplant referral and listing.

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