Center volume and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support at lung transplantation in the lung allocation score era

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 317-326

  Hayes, Don ^a,b,c,d   Tobias, Joseph D ^d,e   Tumin, Dmitry ^a,e  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b Center for Epidemiology of Organ Failure and Transplantation   (United States)

^c Rush Presbyterian SLMC   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Center volume; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Lung allocation score; Lung transplant; Survival

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOW VOLUME CENTER; LUNG ALLOCATION SCORE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RATE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME TO TREATMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84988941236     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201511-2222OC     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Yusen RD, Edwards LB, Kucheryavaya AY, Benden C, Dipchand AI, Goldfarb SB, Levvey BJ, Lund LH, Meiser B, Rossano JW, et al.; International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: thirty-second official adult lung and heart-lung transplantation report-2015; focus theme: early graft failure. J Heart Lung Transplant 2015; 34:1264-1277.
2. Reeb J, Keshavjee S, Cypel M. Expanding the lung donor pool: advancements and emerging pathways. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2015;20:498-505.
3. Hook JL, Lederer DJ. Selecting lung transplant candidates: where do current guidelines fall short? Expert Rev Respir Med 2012;6:51-61.
4. Levine GN, McCullough KP, Rodgers AM, Dickinson DM, Ashby VB, Schaubel DE. Analytical methods and database design: implications for transplant researchers, 2005. Am J Transplant 2006;6:1228-1242.
5. Chiumello D, Coppola S, Froio S, Colombo A, Del Sorbo L. Extracorporeal life support as bridge to lung transplantation: a systematic review. Crit Care 2015;19:19.
6. Hoopes CW, Kukreja J, Golden J, Davenport DL, Diaz-Guzman E, Zwischenberger JB. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to pulmonary transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 145:862-867, discussion 867-868.
7. Mason DP, Thuita L, Nowicki ER, Murthy SC, Pettersson GB, Blackstone EH. Should lung transplantation be performed for patients on mechanical respiratory support? The US experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010;139:765-773.e1.
8. 2 removal devices in patients awaiting lung transplantation: an initial experience. Transplant Proc 2010;42:1255-1258.
9. Haneya A, Philipp A, Mueller T, Lubnow M, Pfeifer M, Zink W, Hilker M, Schmid C, Hirt S. Extracorporeal circulatory systems as a bridge to lung transplantation at remote transplant centers. Ann Thorac Surg 2011;91:250-255.
10. Hämmä inen P, Schersten H, Lemströ m K, Riise GC, Kukkonen S, Swärd K, Sipponen J, Silverborn M, Dellgren G. Usefulness of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation: a descriptive study. J Heart Lung Transplant 2011; 30:103-107.
11. Bermudez CA, Rocha RV, Zaldonis D, Bhama JK, Crespo MM, Shigemura N, Pilewski JM, Sappington PL, Boujoukos AJ, Toyoda Y. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplant: midterm outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg 2011;92: 1226-1231. [Discussion 1231-1232.]
12. Bittner HB, Lehmann S, Rastan A, Garbade J, Binner C, Mohr FW, Barten MJ. Outcome of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation and graft recovery. Ann Thorac Surg 2012;94:942-949, author reply 949-950.
13. Fuehner T, Kuehn C, Hadem J, Wiesner O, Gottlieb J, Tudorache I, Olsson KM, Greer M, Sommer W, Welte T, et al. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in awake patients as bridge to lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2012;185:763-768.
14. Lang G, Taghavi S, Aigner C, Ré nyi-Vámos F, Jaksch P, Augustin V, Nagayama K, Ghanim B, Klepetko W. Primary lung transplantation after bridge with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a plea for a shift in our paradigms for indications. Transplantation 2012;93: 729-736.
15. Hayes D Jr, Kukreja J, Tobias JD, Ballard HO, Hoopes CW. Ambulatory venovenous extracorporeal respiratory support as a bridge for cystic fibrosis patients to emergent lung transplantation. J Cyst Fibros 2012;11:40-45.
16. Hayes D Jr, Higgins RS, Kilic A, Kirkby S, Pope-Harman AL, Preston TJ, Whitson BA. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and retransplantation in lung transplantation: an analysis of the UNOS registry. Lung 2014;192:571-576.
17. Dellgren G, Riise GC, Swärd K, Gilljam M, Rexius H, Liden H, Silverborn M. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation: a long-term study. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2015;47: 95-100. [Discussion 100.]
18. George TJ, Beaty CA, Kilic A, Shah PD, Merlo CA, Shah AS. Outcomes and temporal trends among high-risk patients after lung transplantation in the United States. J Heart Lung Transplant 2012; 31:1182-1191.
19. Hayanga AJ, Aboagye J, Esper S, Shigemura N, Bermudez CA, D'Cunha J, Bhama JK. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation in the United States: an evolving strategy in the management of rapidly advancing pulmonary disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015;149:291-296.
20. Barbaro RP, Odetola FO, Kidwell KM, Paden ML, Bartlett RH, Davis MM, Annich GM. Association of hospital-level volume of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cases and mortality: analysis of the extracorporeal life support organization registry. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015;191:894-901.
21. Peek GJ, Mugford M, Tiruvoipati R, Wilson A, Allen E, Thalanany MM, Hibbert CL, Truesdale A, Clemens F, Cooper N, et al.; CESAR trial collaboration. Efficacy and economic assessment of conventional ventilatory support versus extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe adult respiratory failure (CESAR): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2009;374:1351-1363.
22. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. About the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network [accessed 2016 Feb 14]. Available from: https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/governance/about-the-optn/
23. Massie AB, Kucirka LM, Segev DL. Big data in organ transplantation: registries and administrative claims. Am J Transplant 2014;14: 1723-1730.
24. White IR, Royston P, Wood AM. Multiple imputation using chained equations: issues and guidance for practice. Stat Med 2011;30: 377-399.
25. Graham JW, Olchowski AE, Gilreath TD. How many imputations are really needed? Some practical clarifications of multiple imputation theory. Prev Sci 2007;8:206-213.
26. Shah RJ, Diamond JM, Cantu E, Flesch J, Lee JC, Lederer DJ, Lama VN, Orens J, Weinacker A, Wilkes DS, et al. Objective estimates improve risk stratification for primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation. Am J Transplant 2015;15:2188-2196.
27. Force SD, Kilgo P, Neujahr DC, Pelaez A, Pickens A, Fernandez FG, Miller DL, Lawrence C. Bilateral lung transplantation offers better long-term survival, compared with single-lung transplantation, for younger patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Ann Thorac Surg 2011;91:244-249.
28. Russo MJ, Iribarne A, Hong KN, Davies RR, Xydas S, Takayama H, Ibrahimiye A, Gelijns AC, Bacchetta MD, D'Ovidio F, et al. High lung allocation score is associated with increased morbidity and mortality following transplantation. Chest 2010; 137:651-657.
29. Merlo CA, Weiss ES, Orens JB, Borja MC, Diener-West M, Conte JV, Shah AS. Impact of U.S. Lung Allocation Score on survival after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2009; 28:769-775.
30. Shafii AE, Mason DP, Brown CR, Thuita L, Murthy SC, Budev MM, Pettersson GB, Blackstone EH. Too high for transplantation? Single-center analysis of the lung allocation score. Ann Thorac Surg 2014; 98:1730-1736.
31. Russo MJ, Worku B, Iribarne A, Hong KN, Yang JA, Vigneswaran W, Sonett JR. Does lung allocation score maximize survival benefit from lung transplantation? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011;141: 1270-1277.
32. Maxwell BG, Levitt JE, Goldstein BA, Mooney JJ, Nicolls MR, Zamora M, Valentine V, Weill D, Dhillon GS. Impact of the lung allocation score on survival beyond 1 year. Am J Transplant 2014;14: 2288-2294.
33. Maxwell BG, Mooney JJ, Lee PH, Levitt JE, Chhatwani L, Nicolls MR, Zamora MR, Valentine V, Weill D, Dhillon GS. Increased resource use in lung transplant admissions in the lung allocation score era. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015;191:302-308.
34. Thabut G, Christie JD, Kremers WK, Fournier M, Halpern SD. Survival differences following lung transplantation among US transplant centers. JAMA 2010;304:53-60.
35. Kilic A, George TJ, Beaty CA, Merlo CA, Conte JV, Shah AS. The effect of center volume on the incidence of postoperative complications and their impact on survival after lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;144:1502-1508, discussion 1508-1509.
36. Weiss ES, Allen JG, Meguid RA, Patel ND, Merlo CA, Orens JB, Baumgartner WA, Conte JV, Shah AS. The impact of center volume on survival in lung transplantation: an analysis of more than 10, 000 cases. Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:1062-1070.
37. Scarborough JE, Bennett KM, Davis RD, Lin SS, Tracy ET, Kuo PC, Pappas TN. Temporal trends in lung transplant center volume and outcomes in the United States. Transplantation 2010;89:639-643.
38. Karamlou T, Vafaeezadeh M, Parrish AM, Cohen GA, Welke KF, Permut L, McMullan DM. Increased extracorporeal membrane oxygenation center case volume is associated with improved extracorporeal membrane oxygenation survival among pediatric patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013;145:470-475.
39. Gupta P, Rettiganti M. Association between extracorporeal membrane oxygenation center volume and mortality among children with heart disease: propensity and risk modeling. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2015; 16:868-874.
40. Singer JP, Diamond JM, Gries CJ, McDonnough J, Blanc PD, Shah R, Dean MY, Hersh B, Wolters PJ, Tokman S, et al. Frailty phenotypes, disability, and outcomes in adult candidates for lung transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015;192:1325-1334.
41. Hayes D Jr, Whitson BA, Black SM, Preston TJ, Papadimos TJ, Tobias JD. Influence of age on survival in adult patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation before lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2015;34:832-838.
42. Hayes D Jr, McConnell PI, Tobias JD, Whitson BA, Preston TJ, Yates AR, Galantowicz M. Survival in children on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation at the time of lung transplantation. Pediatr Transplant 2015;19:87-93.