Lung Transplantation and Survival in Children with Cystic Fibrosis. In the Results section of the Abstract (page 2143), the thirdsentence, "Burkholderia cepacia infection decreased survival,regardless of whether the patient underwent transplantation,"should have read, "Burkholderia cepacia infection was associatedwith a trend toward decreased survival, regardless of whetherthe patient underwent transplantation." The last sentence ofthe Results section of the Abstract, "Five patients had a significantestimated benefit, 315 patients had a significant risk of harm,76 patients had an insignificant benefit, and 118 patients hadan insignificant risk of harm associated with lung transplantation,"should have read, "Five patients had a significant estimatedbenefit, 283 patients had a significant risk of harm, 102 patientshad an insignificant benefit, and 124 patients had an insignificantrisk of harm associated with lung transplantation."
In the Results section of the text, under "Patients" (page 2145),the last sentence, "The median survival after transplantationwas 1037 days (Fig. 1)," should have read, "The median survivalafter transplantation was 1260 days (Fig. 1)." Figure 1 (page2145) should be replaced by the new Figure 1, which is availablein the revised version of the article. The second, third, andfourth sentences of the legend to the figure, which read, "Themedian survival of these patients was 2.84 years (1037 days).The upper confidence limit shown here roughly matches the post-transplantationKaplan–Meier survival curve in the report by Aurora etal.6 The rate of survival at 5 years was 32.9% — somewhatless than the 46.9% reported by the Organ Procurement and TransplantationNetwork for all recipients of lung transplants for cystic fibrosis2"should have read, "The median survival of these patients was3.45 years (1260 days). The confidence limits shown here matchthose reported by Aurora et al.6 The rate of survival at 5 yearswas 39.5% — insignificantly less than the 46.9% reportedby the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for allrecipients of lung transplants for cystic fibrosis.2"
The first complete sentence on page 2146, "Burkholderia cepaciainfection did not modify the effect of transplantation, butit was associated with decreased survival for all affected patients,"should have read, "Burkholderia cepacia infection did not modifythe effect of transplantation, but it has previously been associatedwith decreased survival for affected patients4,5 and is associatedwith a trend toward decreased survival in this population."
The second and third sentences in "Model Interpretation" (page2147), which read, "Calculation of transplantation hazard factorsaccording to age, diabetes status, and S. aureus infection statusat the time of placement on the waiting list for each of the514 children in the study showed hazard factors in four categories:significant estimated benefit (5 patients), significant riskof harm (315 patients), insignificant benefit (76 patients),and insignificant risk of harm (118 patients) (Fig. 2A). Thedistribution of estimated effects was similar for the 248 patientswho underwent transplantation: 1 patient for whom transplantationwas estimated to be beneficial, 162 for whom it was estimatedto be harmful, and 85 for whom benefit was indeterminate (Fig.2B)," should have read, "Calculation of transplantation hazardfactors according to age, diabetes status, and S. aureus infectionstatus at the time of placement on the waiting list for eachof the 514 children in the study showed hazard factors in fourcategories: significant estimated benefit (5 patients), significantrisk of harm (283 patients), insignificant benefit (102 patients),and insignificant risk of harm (124 patients) (Fig. 2A). Thedistribution of estimated effects was similar for the 248 patientswho underwent transplantation: 1 patient for whom transplantationwas estimated to be beneficial, 145 for whom it was estimatedto be harmful, and 102 for whom benefit was indeterminate (Fig.2B)."
Table 2 (page 2147) should be amended as shown. Values thathave been changed are shown in red.
Table 2. [New] Hazard Factors for Covariates Affecting Survival before and after Lung Transplantation.
In the Discussion section (page 2148), the second sentence,which read, "Although the majority of patients (315) were atsignificant risk for harm, for 194 patients, the procedure wasnot clearly harmful or beneficial," should have read, "Althoughthe majority of patients (283) were at significant risk forharm, for 226 patients, the procedure was not clearly harmfulor beneficial." The last sentence of the fifth paragraph, whichread, "Of the 15 children with both S. aureus infection anddiabetes, none had a significant benefit from transplantation,but 2 had a significant risk of harm," should have read, "Ofthe 15 children with both S. aureus infection and diabetes,none had a significant benefit from transplantation." The firstsentence of the sixth paragraph, which read, "Among 318 childrenwith neither S. aureus infection nor diabetes, 192 were at riskfor decreased survival, 3 appeared to have had a significantsurvival benefit, and the remainder had an uncertain effectof lung transplantation," should have read, "Among 318 childrenwith neither S. aureus infection nor diabetes, 165 were at riskfor decreased survival, 3 appeared to have had a significantsurvival benefit, and the remainder had an uncertain effectof lung transplantation."
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