280: Lung allocation score is not associated with health-related quality of life in lung transplant candidates

Pre-transplant Quality of Life Does Not Predict Survival After Lung Transplantation

“…However, preliminary studies have shown the first results, mostly based on single-center data. These findings, from a study by Gurau et al,29 suggest that LASs from 118 candidates were not associated with scores from the EQ-5D, a utility-based quality-of-life measure. Their findings are corroborated by the results described herein in not supporting the usefulness of pre-transplant HRQL measures for the selection of lung transplant candidates or their urgency for transplantation.…”