Impact of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia on Long-Term Outcomes of Lung Transplantation B. Zane Atkins, MD, Rebecca P. Petersen, MD, MS, Mani A. Daneshmand, MD, Joseph W. Turek, MD, PhD, Shu S. Lin, MD, PhD, R. Duane Davis, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 90, Issue 5, Pages 1622-1628 (November 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.089 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Freedom from bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) for 263 patients undergoing lung transplantation. (B) Freedom from BOS by swallowing evaluation (SE) category. No statistical differences were noted between patients without SE (— — —) those with positive SE (–•–•), and those with negative SE (• • •) performed in the early postoperative period (p = 0.34 log-rank). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1622-1628DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.089) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier estimates of mortality after lung transplantation (LT) by swallowing evaluation (SE) category. Patients demonstrating normal deglutition after LT had improved survival compared with those with abnormal swallowing or with no swallowing assessment (*p = 0.015 log-rank). (— — — = patients without SE; –•–• = patients with positive SE; • • • = patients with negative SE.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1622-1628DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.089) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions