Consideraciones en la derivación y selección de candidatos a trasplante pulmonar

Abstract

Lung transplantation has been consolidated as a treatment option in patients with advanced and non-neoplastic chronic respiratory diseases, improving survival and quality of life in well selected candidates. Good coordination with a transplant center is fundamental to enable better access to the transplantation of our patients. It is about offering all available resources to patients without significant comorbidities who are more likely to benefit from the transplant. International guidelines help to decide when the patient should be referred, listed and the time of transplant. This review is a critical analysis about the current referral criteria and addresses a number of aspects of the patient that should be taken into account and seek to give greater clarity to the general pulmonologist about the criteria about the timing and type of patients that should be sent to a transplant center.