After Lung Transplant, Women Will Live Longer Than Men, Says Study

New Delhi: Women who receive a lung transplant are more likely than men to live for five years post-transplant, according to new research on Thursday. However, women are less likely to receive a lung transplant and spend an average of six weeks longer on the waiting list, according to a study published in ERJ Open Re-search. The researchers encourage changes in regulation and clinical guidelines to address this inequality.

“It is important to understand that people on the waiting list for a transplant have a very poor quality of life, sometimes they are not well enough to leave their house, and have a high risk of death,” said lead researcher Dr Adrien Tissot from Nantes University Hospital, France.

Lung transplantation is the only treatment for people with end-stage respiratory failure and patients on the waiting list have a high risk of death.