Lung Transplantation

11/01/2012 - "Lung transplantation has come to be viewed as the best treatment option for various end-stage lung diseases. "
06/01/2012 - "Lung transplantation (LTx) remains the best option for selected patients with end-stage lung disease. "
12/01/2010 - "Lung transplantation remains the best treatment option for a variety of end-stage lung diseases. "
05/01/2011 - "Lung transplantation is an important therapeutic treatment for many patients with life-threatening pulmonary diseases; however, long-term survival is still relatively limited compared with other solid organ transplants. "
10/01/2005 - "Lung transplantation is effective for end-stage pulmonary disease, but its successful application is still limited by organ shortage and sub-optimal preservation techniques. "

09/01/1997 - "Antioxidant treatment with lazeroids has proven beneficial for the amelioration of reperfusion injury in experimental lung transplantation. "
09/01/1991 - "The above results suggest that EC-SOD plays an important role in cyto-protection against reperfusion injury after lung transplantation."
06/01/2002 - "However, Group 3 had improved pulmonary artery pressure, peak inspiratory pressure, arterial oxygenation, and wet-to-dry weight ratio measurements compared with Group 2. High-flow reperfusion results in severe reperfusion injury after lung transplantation. "
04/01/2011 - "The aim of this study was to investigate whether intratracheal administration of a new synthetic surfactant that includes the cationic, hydrophobic 21-residue peptide KLLLLKLLLLKLLLLKLLLLK (KL₄), might be effective in reducing ischaemia-reperfusion injury after lung transplantation. "
12/01/2002 - "This study demonstrates that the mode of mechanical ventilation used in the early phase of reperfusion of the transplanted lung can influence ischemia-reperfusion injury, and a protective ventilatory strategy on the basis of minimizing pulmonary mechanical stress can lead to improved lung function after lung transplantation."

01/01/2014 - "Despite its complexity, lung transplantation in the cystic fibrosis population is safe, with good outcomes if the clinician is aware of all the potential pathogens and remains vigilant by means of surveillance and proactive treatment. "
12/01/2011 - "The question addressed was whether lung transplantation remained a beneficial treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients infected or colonized with Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) prior to lung transplantation (LTx). "
12/01/1997 - "End-stage cystic fibrosis: improved diabetes control 2 years after successful isolated pancreatic cell and double-lung transplantation."
05/01/1992 - "These data support the therapeutic efficacy of lung transplantation for patients with cystic fibrosis."
10/01/2008 - "Moreover, there are several series describing long-term outcomes and demonstrating improved long-term survival following lung transplantation for patients with cystic fibrosis. "

12/01/2013 - " are some more specific complications in children like postransplant lymphoproliferative syndrome or a greater severity of respiratory virus infections .After lung transplantation children usually experiment a very important improvement in their quality of life. "
01/01/2002 - "Although fraught with potential serious complications, including infection, rejection, and death, lung transplantation may offer overall improvement in mortality rates and quality of life."
01/01/2010 - "Strict monitoring of infections by the Gram staining and culture of respiratory specimens is considered to be effective in preventing lower respiratory infection in lung transplantation."
04/01/2005 - "(1) To appreciate the interobserver variation in the interpretation of histologic findings and (2) to assess the efficacy of transbronchial biopsy (TBB) for acute rejection diagnosis and associated diseases, particularly infection, we performed a retrospective study including 53 consecutive patients who underwent at least one clinically indicated TBB during the first 6 months after lung transplantation. "
01/01/1991 - "Early diagnosis and effective treatment of pulmonary CMV infection after lung transplantation."

07/01/2013 - "The following question was addressed: of the following two procedures, heart–lung transplantation or bilateral-lung transplantation (BLTx), which offers the best outcome for patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) listed for thoracic transplantation? "
09/01/2010 - "Whether double-lung transplantation (DLT) or heart-lung transplantation (HLT) is the best option in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains unclear. "
04/01/2006 - "She underwent living-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT), which led to remarkable improvement in both pulmonary hypertension and PLE. "
12/01/1997 - "Thus, pulmonary thrombendarterectomy is an effective treatment for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with results superior to those of lung transplantation."
06/01/1996 - "Results suggest that right lung transplantation is superior to left lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension in terms of exercise performance in this animal model."