Lung Transplant

Between the first week of pulmonary rehabilitation and the last recorded session before transplantation, lung transplant candidates with cystic fibrosis had maintained or increased their rehabilitation measures, according to study data.

A smaller proportion of women vs. men underwent lung transplantation, plus women spent a longer time on the wait list before receiving the transplant, according to results published in ERJ Open Research.

WASHINGTON — Patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease who develop interstitial lung disease demonstrate similar 1-year mortality risks following either single- or double-lung transplant, according to data.

Five years after lung transplantation, adults bridged to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation while waiting for their transplant had “favorable survival,” according to results published in Respiratory Research.

Among patients with advanced cystic fibrosis lung disease, two cardiopulmonary exercise testing outcomes could predict death/lung transplantation, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension functional class three or four faced a decreased risk for all-cause mortality or morbidity events with Winrevair vs. placebo, according to phase 3 ZENITH trial topline results.

A simple median waiting time that did not account for censoring, death and other competing events underestimated time to organ transplantation by up to 61% compared with a competing-risk model, according to a study conducted in Switzerland.

Following propensity matching, lung transplant recipients aged 70 years or older had similar 5-year survival to recipients aged younger than 70 years, according to results published in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and NYU Langone Hospitals tied for No. 1 on U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best Hospitals for pulmonology and lung surgery.

Lung transplant recipients lived for a longer time if they received lungs from a donor cared for in a hospital-based vs. independent donor care unit, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.