Usefulness of a preoperative inflammatory marker as a predictor of asymptomatic acute rejection after lung transplantation: a Japanese single-institution study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surveillance bronchoscopy (SB) is performed as routine follow-up after lung transplantation (LTx), primarily for the early detection of clinically asymptomatic acute rejection (AR). To identify appropriate candidates for SB over a long period, we explored risk factors of asymptomatic AR after LTx.

Method

This study is a single-center and retrospective cohort study. Forty-five patients underwent cadaveric LTx between 2000 and 2016 in our institution. All enrolled patients had at least three months of follow-up. SB is scheduled at 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 months after LTx routinely and annually thereafter until 5 years after LTx. A histological assessment for AR was performed according to the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) criteria. The a

SUBMITTER: Kanou T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7578460 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature