Lung Allocation Scoring Method
The lung allocation score is calculated from an a series of formulas that take into account the statistical probability of a patient's survival in the next year without a transplant, how long that survival would be, the probability of survival following a transplant, and the projected length of survival post-transplant. A raw allocation score, summarizing all of the above values, is calculated, and finally this score is normalized to obtain the actual LAS, which has a range from 0 to 100.
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