TY - JOUR
T1 - ISHLT Consensus Statement on adult and pediatric airway complications after lung transplantation
T2 - Definitions, grading system, and therapeutics
AU - Crespo, Maria M.
AU - McCarthy, Daniel P.
AU - Hopkins, Peter M.
AU - Clark, Stephen C.
AU - Budev, Marie
AU - Bermudez, Christian A.
AU - Benden, Christian
AU - Eghtesady, Pirooz
AU - Lease, Erika D.
AU - Leard, Lorriana
AU - D'Cunha, Jonathan
AU - Wigfield, Christopher H.
AU - Cypel, Marcelo
AU - Diamond, Joshua M.
AU - Yun, James J.
AU - Yarmus, Lonny
AU - Machuzak, Michael
AU - Klepetko, Walter
AU - Verleden, Geert
AU - Hoetzenecker, Konrad
AU - Dellgren, Göran
AU - Mulligan, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 International Society for the Heart and Lung Transplantation
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - airway complications
KW - airway ischemia injury
KW - anastomosis dehiscence
KW - bronchial stenosis
KW - lung transplantation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.1309
DO - 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.1309
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 29550149
AN - SCOPUS:85043492496
SN - 1053-2498
VL - 37
SP - 548
EP - 563
JO - Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
JF - Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
IS - 5
ER -