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Episode 251: Organ Donation with Drs. Vail and Goyal

Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast

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The Importance of Lung Transplantation

Lungs are definitely the most challenging organs to place, and there's a huge shortage of lungs in general. The transplant teams are primarily going to be looking at things like the PDAF ratio, PA02 to Fi02, for it to be over 300. Lack of smoking history, clear bronchoscopy, treating pneumonia is one of the biggest issues with lung transplants.

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