Lung transplantation.
Lung transplantation.
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肺移植。
DOI:
10.1055/s-0033-1348476
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发表时间:
2013
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Christie,JasonD
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文献类型:
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作者:
Belperio,JohnA;Christie,JasonD
Lung transplantation is an increasingly viable therapeutic option for patients with end-stage pulmonary and pulmonary vascular disorders. Since the inception of the first lung transplant there has been substantial progress made in both the clinical and the basic science realms. More specifically, the lung transplant community has made advances in candidate selection via our ability to prognosticate outcomes of various lung diseases and through the implementation of the lung allocation scoring system. This system has resulted in decreased mortality for patients on the lung transplant waiting list. Additionally, we have identified risk factors for poor outcomes post–lung transplant with a better understanding of the physiological, cellular, and molecular mechanisms responsible for primary graft dysfunction (PGD), infectious diseases, acute rejection, antibody-mediated rejection, lymphocytic bronchiolitis, obliterative bronchiolitis, restrictive allograft syndrome, and chronic lung allograft dysfunction. Although early post-survival has improved due to better surgical techniques and advances in critical care, severe PGD, infectious diseases (eg, bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial), and allograft rejection continue to be common causes of morbidity and mortality. Thus there is a need to extend our current understanding of how PGD, infection, and acute and chronic rejection interact leading to the demise of the lung allograft. This issue of Seminars in Respiratory and CriticalCare Medicine is dedicated to lung transplantation and integrates both basic and clinical science, providing a comprehensive perspective on determining which patients need a lung transplant, how the lung allocation score impacts transplant recipients in the United States, factors contributing to PGD, the contribution of PGD to mortality, as well as long-