Lung Allocation Score Predicts Survival in Lung Transplantation Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis Eric S. Weiss, MD, MPH, Jeremiah G. Allen, MD, Christian A. Merlo, MD, MPH, John V. Conte, MD, Ashish S. Shah, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 88, Issue 6, Pages 1757-1764 (December 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.005 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Kaplan-Meier estimates of 1-year survival for pulmonary fibrosis patients stratified by lung allocation score (LAS) quartiles (Q) (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data, May 2008). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 1757-1764DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.005) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier estimates of 1-year survival censored for 30-day mortality for pulmonary fibrosis patients by lung allocation score (LAS) quartiles (Q) (from Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data, May 2008). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 1757-1764DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.005) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier estimates of 1-year mortality by lung allocation score deciles. Estimate provided with 95% confidence interval. *p < 0.05 for comparison of mortality estimate to reference (quartile 1; Q1) (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data, May 2008). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, 1757-1764DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.005) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions