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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
Currently transplantation constitutes the only treatment for terminal heart, liver or renal failure. Post-transplantation complications remain numerous and sometimes fatal. The rejection of the organ, acute or chronic, and secondary infections due to immunosuppression are the most frequent complications that are observed. Added to this are the complications of the surgery itself and also the non-infectious complications of the immunosuppressive drugs. Pulmonary complications contribute an important factor to the post-graft morbidity and mortality. The majority of heart and liver transplants develop pulmonary complications principally in the first six months after graft. The immediate post-operative complications such as atelectasis, pleural effusion and pulmonary oedema are the most frequent but the infectious complications are much the most serious and are responsible for a significant part of the mortality. In renal transplantation pulmonary complications are above all infectious and are much less common than in cardiac or hepatic transplantation. An early diagnosis of the type of complication constitutes a major prognostic factor in immunodepressed patients. Thus, the practising pneumologist must thoroughly know the principal respiratory complications of solid organ transplant.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0761-8425
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S57-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Bacterial Infections, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Graft Rejection, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Heart Failure, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Heart Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Hepatic Encephalopathy, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Immunosuppression, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Kidney Failure, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Kidney Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Liver Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Lung Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Pleural Effusion, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Pulmonary Atelectasis, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Pulmonary Edema, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:9011913-Virus Diseases
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
[Lung pathology in heart, liver and kidney transplantation in adults].
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Pneumologie et Allergologie, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review