Differential donor management of pediatric vs adult organ donors and potential impact on pediatric lung transplantation.

In the face of continued wait list mortality on the pediatric lung transplant wait list, the number of young donors may not be a limiting factor. We believe that this dataset provides evidence that management of young pediatric donors is not as consistent or efficient as the management of older donors, potentially limiting the number of life-saving organs for pediatric lung transplant candidates. Across all ages, optimizing donor lung management may increase the potential to transplant multiple other organs.