LUNG TRANSPLANT REJECTION Definitions ▪ Acute rejection: a rapid onset of worsening lung function, typically in the first year after transplant, often accompanied by radiographic deterioration with histologic appearance of…
TERMINOLOGY ▪ Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) ▪ Pulmonary hypertension secondary to chronic pulmonary emboli ▪ Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) ▪ Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) DEFINITION Pulmonary hypertension and subsequent right-sided heart…
INTRODUCTION ▪ The optimal treatment for patients with end-stage organ failure is transplantation. This is especially true for patients who are candidates for lung, heart, and heart-lung transplantation because no…
TERMINOLOGY ▪ Stage of disease ▪ TNM subsets ▪ Stage grouping ▪ cStage ▪ pStage ▪ rStage DEFINITIONS ▪ The stage of disease describes the anatomic extent of the cancer….
OTHER NEOPLASTIC LESIONS Introduction ▪ Histologically most cases of lung cancer are adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, large cell undifferentiated carcinoma, and small cell carcinoma. ▪ If carcinoid and atypical carcinoid…
KEY WORDS ▪ Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) ▪ Rapid sequence intubation ▪ Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) INTRODUCTION ▪ Trauma is a public health issue and one of the leading…
INTRODUCTION Lung transplantation has gained increased success over the past 20 years owing to improved surgical techniques, refinements in donor and recipient selection, and overall improved postoperative care of the…
TERMINOLOGY ▪ Tube thoracostomy DEFINITION A thoracostomy tube refers to a drainage tube placed percutaneously into the pleural space for drainage of intrapleural air or fluid. HISTORY ▪ Hippocrates was…
Although there have been great strides in the biologic understanding of lung cancer, new chemotherapy agents, and new radiation modalities, such as Cyberknife, surgery remains the mainstay of treatment for…
INTRODUCTION The number of lung transplants performed worldwide has increased exponentially over the past 20 years. The availability of suitable organs has limited the number of patients who can undergo…
