International Consensus Recommendations for Anesthetic and Intensive Care Management of Lung Transplantation. An EACTAIC, SCA, ISHLT, ESOT, ESTS, and AST Approved document

For patients with end-stage lung disease, LTx remains the only therapeutic option towards better chance of survival as well as improved quality of life. According to the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Transplant Registry, the number of LTx procedures has been rising despite limitations in available and suitable donor lungs and in the face of persistent donor shortages (1). The modern era of LTx is characterized by increasing complexity of recipient candidates including those receiving bridging extracorporeal support, a trend towards acceptance of suboptimal or extended criteria donors and increasingly complicated surgical strategies (2).

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - July 26, 2021 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Nandor Marczin, Eric E.C. de Waal, Peter M.A. Hopkins, Michael S. Mulligan, Andre Simon, Andrew D. Shaw, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Arne Neyrinck, Cynthia J. Gries, Lars Algotsson, Laszlo Szegedi, Vera von Dossow Tags: Consensus Statement Source Type: research