The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 24, Issue 10 , Pages 1451-1453 , October 2005

Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction Part I: Introduction and Methods

  • Jason D. Christie, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jason D. Christie, MD, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 423 Guardian Drive, 719 Blockley Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Telephone: 215-573-3209. Fax: 215-573-5235.
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  • Dirk Van Raemdonck, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Marc de Perrot, MD

      Affiliations

    • Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Mark Barr, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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  • Shaf Keshavjee, MD (FRCSC)

      Affiliations

    • Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Selim Arcasoy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, New York, New York
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  • Jonathan Orens, MD

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction

Received 6 October 2004 ,Revised 18 February 2005 ,Accepted 7 March 2005.

References 

  1. de Perrot M , Liu M , Waddell TK , et al.   Ischemia–reperfusion-induced lung injury . Am J Resp Crit Care Med . 2003;167:490–511
  2. Christie JD , Bavaria JE , Palevsky HI , et al.   Primary graft failure following lung transplantation . Chest . 1998;114:51–60
  3. King RC , Binns OA , Rodriguez F , et al.   Reperfusion injury significantly impacts clinical outcome after pulmonary transplantation . Ann Thorac Surg . 2000;69:1681–1685
  4. Christie JD , Kotloff RM , Pochettino A , et al.   Clinical risk factors for primary graft failure following lung transplantation . Chest . 2003;124:1232–1241
  5. King RC , Binns OA , Rodriguez F , et al.   Reperfusion injury significantly impacts clinical outcome after pulmonary transplantation . Ann Thorac Surg . 2000;69:1681–1685
  6. Christie JD , Sager JS , Kimmel SE , et al.   Impact of primary graft failure on outcomes following lung transplantation . Chest . 2005;127:161–165
  7. Zaas D , Palmer SM . Respiratory failure after lung transplantation (now that we know the extent of the problem, what are the solutions?) . Chest . 2003;123:14–16

PII: S1053-2498(05)00188-9

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.03.004

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 24, Issue 10 , Pages 1451-1453 , October 2005

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