| Literature DB >> 29550149 |
Maria M Crespo1, Daniel P McCarthy2, Peter M Hopkins3, Stephen C Clark4, Marie Budev5, Christian A Bermudez6, Christian Benden7, Pirooz Eghtesady8, Erika D Lease9, Lorriana Leard10, Jonathan D'Cunha11, Christopher H Wigfield12, Marcelo Cypel13, Joshua M Diamond14, James J Yun15, Lonny Yarmus16, Michael Machuzak5, Walter Klepetko17, Geert Verleden18, Konrad Hoetzenecker17, Göran Dellgren19, Michael Mulligan20.
Abstract
Airway complications remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality after cardiothoracic transplantation. The reported incidence of airway ischemic complications varies widely, contributed to by the lack of a universally accepted grading system and standardized definitions. Furthermore, the majority of the existing classification systems fail to integrate the wide range of possible bronchial complications that may develop after lung transplant. Hence, a Working Group was created by the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation with the aim of elaborating a universal definition of adult and pediatric airway complications and grading system. One such area of focus is to understand the problem in the context of a more standardized consensus of classifying airway ischemia. This consensus definition will have major clinical, therapeutics, and research implications.Entities:
Keywords: airway complications; airway ischemia injury; anastomosis dehiscence; bronchial stenosis; lung transplantation
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Year: 2018 PMID： 29550149 DOI： 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.1309
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Heart Lung Transplant ISSN： 1053-2498 Impact factor: 10.247