Demographic and clinical indices of donors accepted and excluded from use in lung transplantation
| Donor outcome | Mean (SD) age (years) | Trauma, n (%) | Current smoker, n (%) | Mean (SD) hours of ventilation | Median (range) Pao2:Fio2 (kPa) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Unpaired Student’s t test; †Fisher’s exact test; ‡Mann-Whitney U test. | |||||
| Accepted (n = 14) | 36.7 (15.3) | 7 (50%) | 4 (28%) | 45.6 (16.8) | 63.2 (48–82.5) |
| Excluded (n = 25) | 49.5 (13.2) | 5 (20%) | 12 (48%) | 35.5 (14.4) | 43.1 (7.7–71.7) |
| p value | 0.009* | 0.07† | 0.32† | 0.057* | 0.0001‡ |