Comment on Oehler et al. Outcome and Midterm Survival after Heart Transplantation Is Independent from Donor Length of Stay in the Intensive Care Unit. Life 2022, 12, 1053

Myat Soe Thet; Alessandra Verzelloni Sef; Nicholas J Lees; Davorin Sef

doi:10.3390/life13071443

Comment on Oehler et al. Outcome and Midterm Survival after Heart Transplantation Is Independent from Donor Length of Stay in the Intensive Care Unit. Life 2022, 12, 1053

Life (Basel). 2023 Jun 26;13(7):1443. doi: 10.3390/life13071443.

Authors

Myat Soe Thet¹, Alessandra Verzelloni Sef², Nicholas J Lees², Davorin Sef³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London & Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London W2 1NY, UK.
² Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, London UB9 6JH, UK.
³ Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Harefield Hospital, London UB9 6JH, UK.

Abstract

Oehler et al. described an interesting finding, stating that length of stay (LOS) of the donors in the intensive care unit (ICU) did not have an impact on the outcomes and survival of recipients up to 5 years after heart transplantation (HTx) [...].