Blood Eosinophilia Predicts Poor Outcome in Lung Transplant Recipients

Eosinophils are associated with the onset of chronic respiratory diseases like asthma and COPD. In lung transplantation, patients with increased bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophils demonstrated a worse chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD)-free survival and overall survival. We investigated the association between blood eosinophilia, graft survival and CLAD-free survival after lung transplantation.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: J. Kaes, E. Van der Borght, A. Vanstapel, A. Van Herck, B.M. Vanaudenaerde, R. Vos, D.E. Van Raemdonck, L.J. Ceulemans, A.P. Neyrinck, G.M. Verleden, S.E. Verleden Tags: (751) Source Type: research