Youths needing lung transplants may have shorter waits

ST. LOUIS (AP) — One in four children in the U.S. who need lung transplants is on the waiting list at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, one of the few hospitals that perform the surgeries. Their waiting time is expected to get shorter after new rules go into effect this year that will expand the geographic range in which donor lungs can be shared.
The rule change is a response to the case of a dying 10-year-old Philadelphia girl who was added to the adult transplant waiting list in 2013