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2596931

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
Selection of suitable donors is critical to the success of clinical pulmonary transplantation. Requirements for lung donors, management before explantation, and methods of preservation were reviewed for the 70 heart-lung, eight double-lung, and two single-lung transplantations performed at the University of Pittsburgh since 1982. Careful observation of trends of hyperoxygenation studies, chest roentgenograms, and Gram stain and culture results of tracheal secretions, as well as findings on bronchoscopy, can help identify which lungs not only have adequate function but are acceptable for transplantation. In spite of the rigid criteria used, 76% of tracheal cultures from donors deemed acceptable grew organisms. The presence of oropharyngeal flora has been shown to correlate with the development of early intrathoracic infections in the recipient. Prophylactic broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment of the donor is desirable to treat microbial contamination that could cause focal injury to the donor lung and predispose to infection in the recipient. Acceptance of less than ideal donors is ill-advised even though rejection of such donors conflicts with the current shortage of organs.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0003-4975
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
882-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Organ procurement for pulmonary transplantation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article