TY - JOUR
T1 - State of the Art in Pediatric Lung Transplantation
AU - Lancaster, Timothy S.
AU - Eghtesady, Pirooz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Pediatric lung transplantation is a highly specialized therapy for end-stage pulmonary disease in children, and is performed in only a handful of transplant centers around the world. Advancement in the field has been made on many fronts in recent years, including in public policy and organ allocation strategies, donor selection and management, emerging technologies for donor lung rehabilitation and bridge-to-transplant support of listed candidates, and ongoing refinement of surgical techniques. Despite this progress, children continue to suffer discrepant waitlist mortality and longer waiting times than their adult counterparts, and face special challenges of donor availability and size matching. Here, we assess the current state of the art in pediatric lung transplantation, reviewing progress made to date and further opportunities to improve care for this unique group of patients.
AB - Pediatric lung transplantation is a highly specialized therapy for end-stage pulmonary disease in children, and is performed in only a handful of transplant centers around the world. Advancement in the field has been made on many fronts in recent years, including in public policy and organ allocation strategies, donor selection and management, emerging technologies for donor lung rehabilitation and bridge-to-transplant support of listed candidates, and ongoing refinement of surgical techniques. Despite this progress, children continue to suffer discrepant waitlist mortality and longer waiting times than their adult counterparts, and face special challenges of donor availability and size matching. Here, we assess the current state of the art in pediatric lung transplantation, reviewing progress made to date and further opportunities to improve care for this unique group of patients.
KW - cystic fibrosis
KW - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
KW - lung transplant
KW - organ allocation
KW - pediatrics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047389935&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.04.007
DO - 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.04.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 29702179
AN - SCOPUS:85047389935
SN - 1043-0679
VL - 30
SP - 166
EP - 174
JO - Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
JF - Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
IS - 2
ER -