Effect of Pre-transplantation Prednisone on Survival After Lung Transplantation

Survival in the LD Cohort was strikingly better than for patients receiving ≥0.42 mg/kg/m2 per day. Deaths in the early post-operative period for the HD Group may be related to steroid-induced complications such as poor wound healing and serious infections. A pre-lung transplantation steroid dose adjusted for body mass index of ≥0.42 mg/kg/m2 per day may be associated with increased complications and worse survival after lung transplantation. Further studies are warranted to confirm these results.