Cleveland Clinic: Adding Clinical Variables Improves Accuracy of Lung Allocation Score
June 25, 2019
June 25, 2019
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 25 -- The Cleveland Clinic issued the following news release:
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- Improved scoring better identifies sickest cystic fibrosis and COPD patients
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Implemented back in 2005, the lung allocation score is used to prioritize patients awaiting lung transplants in the United States. Sicker transplant candidates have a higher calculated score and are placed at the top of the list. But a recent study led by Maryam Valapour, . . .
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- Improved scoring better identifies sickest cystic fibrosis and COPD patients
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Implemented back in 2005, the lung allocation score is used to prioritize patients awaiting lung transplants in the United States. Sicker transplant candidates have a higher calculated score and are placed at the top of the list. But a recent study led by Maryam Valapour, . . .