Briegel J, Groh J, Haller M. Perioperative management of patients undergoing lung transplantation.
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 1998;
11:51-9. [PMID:
17013205 DOI:
10.1097/00001503-199802000-00009]
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Abstract
This review focuses on recent developments in the perioperative management of patients undergoing lung transplantation. Relevant current literature and the experience of the Munich Lung Transplant Group were taken into consideration. Recent advances include the use of inhalational nitric oxide for the treatment of early graft dysfunction and the use of aerosolized cyclosporine for the treatment of recurrent and steroid-resistant acute rejection. Opportunistic infections remain a major source of morbidity and mortality in lung transplant recipients.
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