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Articles tagged "Lung"

  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Effect of Prophylactic Treatment of Osteoporosis on the Progression of Bone Mineral Density and Fractures in Lung Transplant Recipients – A Five-Year, Single-Center Experience

    P. Singh1, A. Ross2, J. Mejia1, T. E. Pesavento1, S. Meng1

    1Transplant nephrology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2Transplant nephrology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

    *Purpose: The incidence of osteoporotic fractures in lung transplant recipients (LTxR) is 35-50%. Due to this high incidence, we perform regular DEXA scans [pre-Tx, every…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Assessment of Letermovir as Universal Prophylaxis for Cytomegalovirus Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients

    L. F. Borges, T. Sparkman, K. Gutierrez, J. Banbury

    UAB Hospital, Birmingham, AL

    *Purpose: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) poses a significant concern in the post-operative management of lung transplant (LT) recipients. Current recommended prophylactic strategies with ganciclovir (GCV) or valganciclovir…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Effects of Pre-Lung Transplantation Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Functional Capacity and Quality of Life

    R. M. AlGhofaily

    Physical Therapy, Organ Transplant Center, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    *Purpose: Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) prior lung transplantation (LT) has been effective in reducing post transplantation complications. However, few studies have examined the effect of pre-lung…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Data-Driven Clustering Distinguishes Infection from Rejection During Hospital Admissions Following Pediatric Lung Transplantation

    C. D. Britto1, D. Boyer2, G. Visner3, G. Priebe4, L. Midyat3

    1Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio, MA, 3Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 4Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

    *Purpose: When lung transplantation patients are admitted with respiratory symptoms, distinguishing between episodes of infection and rejection is central to determining immunosuppressive management.*Methods: Data comprising…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Single Center Retrospective Study Examining the Incidence of Chronic Kidney Disease After Lung Transplantation and Its Associated Risk Factors

    S. Kapoor1, Y. Azzi1, M. Ajaimy1, P. Loarte-Campos1, C. Pynadath1, A. Mansour1, E. Akalin2, L. Liriano-Ward1

    1Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, 2Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Ctr, Bronx, NY

    *Purpose: To examine the incidence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) after lung transplantation and to evaluate the recipient-related risk factors associated with the development of…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Pooled Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism in Lung Transplant Recipients – A Meta-Analysis

    F. Pyarali, A. Stevens, R. Rampolla

    Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: Similar to other operations, lung transplantation surgery has been associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism. While various studies have aimed to estimate…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Do CMS Oversight and the Systems Improvement Agreement Really Change Institutional Behavior?

    C. Hoopes

    University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

    *Purpose: A Systems Improvement Agreement (SIA) is a voluntary and binding legal agreement between CMS and a Medicare certified hospital designed to address Condition level…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Cytology for Detection of Malignancy or Infection in Lung Transplant Recipients

    G. Cerro Chiang1, R. Rampolla2

    1Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2Department o Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

    *Purpose: The role of cytologic evaluation in the diagnosis of acute allograft dysfunction has been described. Specific changes in cell count of bronchoalveolar lavage during…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Direct Central Ambulatory Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Double Lung Transplantation without Graft Reduction with Extreme Mediastinal Shift

    A. Gorton1, S. Keshavamurthy2

    1Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

    *Purpose: Double Lung transplantation in the presence of extreme mediastinal shift can be technically challenging due to donor sizing and recipient factors.*Methods: We present the…
  • 2022 American Transplant Congress

    Evaluation of Crushed Posaconazole Delayed Release Tablets in Lung Transplant Recipients

    R. Gordon1, K. Dewey1, R. Jariwala1, B. Yen1, J. Kukreja2, S. Hays2, J. Singer2, R. Florez1

    1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

    *Purpose: We hypothesized that crushed posaconazole delayed release (POSA DR) tablets can reach therapeutic levels in lung transplant recipients who are at risk for invasive…
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