ISHLT Consensus Statement on adult and pediatric airway complications after lung transplantation: Definitions, grading system, and therapeutics

Crespo, Maria, McCarthy, Daniel, Hopkins, Peter, Clark, Stephen, Budev, Marie, Bermudez, Christian, Benden, Christian, Eghtesady, Pirooz, Lease, Erika, Leard, Lorriana, D’Cunha, Jonathan, Wigfield, Christopher, Cypel, Marcelo, Diamond, Joshua, Yun, James, Yarmus, Lonny, Machuzak, Michael, Klepetko, Walter, Verleden, Geert, Hoetzenecker, Konrad, Dellgren, Göran and Mulligan, Michael (2018) ISHLT Consensus Statement on adult and pediatric airway complications after lung transplantation: Definitions, grading system, and therapeutics. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 37 (5). pp. 548-563. ISSN 1053-2498

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	lung transplantation, airway complications, airway ischemia injury, anastomosis dehiscence, bronchial stenosis
Subjects:	A300 Clinical Medicine
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
Depositing User:	Paul Burns
Date Deposited:	06 Apr 2018 11:51
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2019 19:01
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/33919

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