Outcomes of patients with interstitial lung disease referred for lung transplant assessment

Abstract

Background: Patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) very frequently die before the opportunity to receive lung transplantation (LTx). This retrospective study describes the clinical course of 86 patients with ILD referred for LTx assessment between January 1999 and December 2002. Aims: (i) To describe the outcomes, (ii) to identify reasons of delay to transplantation, (iii) to describe the causes of death/complications and (iv) to assess the pathological diagnosis and concordance with explanted lung pathology. Methods: Data were collected from the case notes of all patients with ILD referred to the Alfred Hospital over a 4-year period. Results: Twenty women and 66 men, mean age of 55 ±..