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Table 2 Demographics of Patients With Severe Gastrointestinal Complications (N = 17)

From: Morbidity and mortality of serious gastrointestinal complications after lung transplantation

Mean age at transplantation (years)

56.2 (range 38-66)

Male gender

10 (58.8%)

Primary pulmonary hypertension

5 (29.4%)

IPF/UIP

5 (29.4%)

COPD

4 (23.5%)

Other indications

3 (17.7%)

Bilateral transplant

12 (70.6%)

Extracorporeal Circulation

9 (52.9%)

 Average EC time (minutes)

278.2 ± 68.8

 Urgent

2 (22.2%)

ECMO

3 (17.6%)

Acute lung transplant rejection

4 (23.5%)

  1. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, IPF idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, UIP usual interstitial pneumonia, EC extracorporeal circulation, ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation