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Latest (1) Full Text Articles (58) Focus on Sarcoidosis161 Normothermic perfusion of donor lungs for preservation and assessment with the Organ Care System Lung before bilateral transplantation: a pilot study of 12 patients The Lancet - Early Online Publication, October 10, 2012
162 Negative Pressure Pulmonary Edema During Tracheal Dumon Stent Implantation Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology, October 10, 2012
163 Survival and Extrapulmonary Course of Connective Tissue Disease After Lung Transplantation JCR: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology, October 5, 2012
164 Reduction of lipid-laden macrophage index after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in cystic fibrosis patients after lung transplantation Clinical Transplantation, October 4, 2012
165 Restrictive allograft syndrome post lung transplantation is characterized by pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis Modern Pathology, October 4, 2012
166 Risk Factors and Survival Impact of Primary Graft Dysfunction After Lung Transplantation in a Single Institution Transplantation Proceedings, October 4, 2012
167 High-Quality CMV-Specific CD4+ Memory Is Enriched in the Lung Allograft and Is Associated With Mucosal Viral Control American Journal of Transplantation, September 28, 2012
168 Successful Emergent Lung Transplantation After Remote Ex Vivo Perfusion Optimization and Transportation of Donor Lungs American Journal of Transplantation, September 26, 2012
169 Intravenous ribavirin for respiratory syncytial viral infections in pediatric hematopoietic SCT recipients Bone Marrow Transplantation, September 25, 2012
170 A longitudinal study of patients symptoms before and during the first year after lung transplantation Clinical Transplantation, September 25, 2012
171 The effect of center volume on the incidence of postoperative complications and their impact on survival after lung transplantation The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, September 24, 2012
172 Impact of Expanded-Criteria Donors on Patient Survival After Heart, Lung, Liver and Combined Organ Transplantation Transplantation Proceedings, September 24, 2012
173 Detection of respiratory viruses in asymptomatic children undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation Pediatric Blood & Cancer, September 24, 2012
174 Transplantation of initially rejected donor lungs after ex vivo lung perfusion The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, September 21, 2012
175 Lung Volume Reduction Surgery After Lung Transplantation for Emphysema--Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Transplantation Proceedings, September 18, 2012
176 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Pediatric Patients with Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant -Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy - Accepted Manuscript Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, September 18, 2012
177 Use of the Oto Lung Donor Score to Analyze the 2010 Donor Pool of the Nord Italia Transplant Program Transplantation Proceedings, September 18, 2012
178 Physiologic assessment of the ex vivo donor lung for transplantation The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, September 18, 2012
179 Early Lung Retransplantation in a Patient Affected by Cystic Fibrosis Correlated With Donor Cause of Death: A Case Report Transplantation Proceedings, September 17, 2012
180 Lung Cancer in Patients With Lung Transplants Transplantation Proceedings, September 17, 2012
Clinical Pearls in Pulmonology
- Chloral hydrate is a sedative that might be used to promote sleep in your pediatric migraine patients.
- Along with cough variant asthma and nasal disease, gastroesophageal reflux is considered one of three main causes of chronic cough.
- Trazodone does not improve sleep for methadone-maintained persons with sleep disturbance.
Highlights in Pulmonology
Simvastatin has a modest effect on Streptococcus pneumoniae infections
Using a murine mouse model of pneumonia, prolonged simvastatin therapy has a measureable effect on Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, but no effect on mortality. Mice were treated with simvastatin (1 mg/kg/d [low dose] or 10 mg/kg/d [high dose]) for 4 weeks, then infected with S. pneumoniae intrathecally. Mice treated with the high-dose regimen had less lung consolidation, decreased macrophage and neutrophil infiltration, decreased MCP-1, KC, and ICAM-1 production, and decreased bacterial titers in the blood 36 and 42 h post-infection. Despite these favorable physiologic effects, there was no effect on mortality compared to control mice treated with ampicillin 48 h post-infection.
Read the article summaryLow D-dimer levels identify low-risk patients with community-acquired pneumonia
As published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine, there were no mortalities in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and low levels of D-dimer (< 500 ug/l). Of 147 patients in the study, D-dimer levels were elevated in those with severe CAP (2166 vs. 1630 ug/l), day 30-clinical failure (2228 vs. 1594 ug/l), early failure (2499 vs. 1669 ug/l), and non-survivors (3025 vs. 1680 ug/l). Importantly, D-dimer levels were not shown to be associated with clinical outcome based on multivariate analysis.
Read the article summaryBacteremia increases mortality risk in pneumococcal pneumonia
As published in the Journal of Infection, 114 of 981 (11.6%) of patients with pneumococcal pneumonia were bacteremic. Risk factors for bacteremia included immunosuppressants, age < 65 years, and diabetes mellitus. Patients with pneumococcal pneumonia and bacteria were at increased risk for mortality (28.6% vs. 8.5%). The combination of bacteremia, cerebrovascular disease, and septic shock had a strong association with mortality in patients with pneumococcal pneumonia.
Read the article summaryMost Popular Pulmonology Articles
Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 An Acute Change in Lung Allocation Score and Survival After Lung Transplantation A Cohort Study Annals of Internal Medicine, May 9, 2013
2 Impact of nutritional state on lung transplant outcomes The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, May 16, 2013
3 Long-term outcomes of bilateral lobar lung transplantation European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 20, 2013
4 Impact of multidrug-resistant organisms on patients considered for lung transplantation Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, May 29, 2013 Review Article
5 Measurement of extravascular lung water following human brain death: implications for lung donor assessment and transplantation European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 21, 2013 Review Article
6 Lung transplant is a viable treatment option for patients with congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, May 28, 2013 Review Article
7 Calcineurin inhibitors in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome following stem cell transplantation European Respiratory Journal , May 6, 2013
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First Report of Lung Transplantation in a Patient With Active Pulmonary Mycobacterium simiae Infection
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9 Should heart, lung, and liver transplant recipients receive immunosuppression induction for kidney transplantation Clinical Transplantation, February 18, 2009
10 Cytomegalovirus Prevention in High-risk Lung Transplant Recipients: Comparison of 3- vs 12-Month Valganciclovir Therapy The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, July 1, 2009
11 Induction therapy in lung transplantation Transplant International, May 3, 2013
12 Disparities in lung transplantation before and after introduction of the lung allocation score The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, April 16, 2013
13 Time-dependent changes in the risk of death in pure bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, March 6, 2013 Review Article
14 Pulmonary rehabilitation in lung transplant candidates The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, May 28, 2013
15 Lung and Heart–Lung Transplantation in Children and Adolescents: A Long-term Single-center Experience The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, March 19, 2009
16 Early results in transplantation of initially rejected donor lungs after ex vivo lung perfusion: a case-control study European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, May 15, 2013 Review Article
17 Pulmonary Hypertension in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Interstitial Lung Diseases Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, August 10, 2009
18 The effect of center volume on the incidence of postoperative complications and their impact on survival after lung transplantation The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, September 24, 2012
19 Chronic kidney disease in children following lung and heart-lung transplantation Pediatric Transplantation, February 26, 2009
20 The use of lung donors older than 55 years: A review of the United Network of Organ Sharing database The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, May 16, 2013 Review Article
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