Shorter people not given as many lung transplants as taller people

According to this article at medicinenet.com back in November of 2015, shorter people can die waiting for a lung transplant, while taller people get a transplant a lot easier.

It was suggested before that the lungs from a  taller person wouldn't work in a shorter person but the doctors can reduce the size of the lungs and implant them into a shorter person and they will work just fine.  This, according to Dr. David Lederer, an associate professor at Columbia University Medical Center.

We will see if this trend continues or if changes are made and shorter people are given lung transplants as often.

The study was published in the American  Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine on November 16, 2015.

Here is the article:  http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=192000