Pulmonary Complications of Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

The ability to successfully transplant solid organs and hematopoietic stem cells represents one of the landmark medical achievements of the twentieth century. Solid organ transplantation has emerged as the standard of care for select patients with severe vital organ dysfunction and hematopoietic ste...

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Published in:American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2004-07, Vol.170 (1), p.22-48
Main Authors: Kotloff, Robert M, Ahya, Vivek N, Crawford, Stephen W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Bacterial infections
Biological and medical sciences
Heart transplants
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation - adverse effects
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Intensive care medicine
Lung Diseases - etiology
Lung transplants
Medical sciences
Mortality
Organ Transplantation - adverse effects
Pathogens
Pneumonia
Pulmonology
Respiratory Tract Infections - etiology
Respiratory Tract Infections - immunology
Staphylococcus infections
Stem cell transplantation
Surgical techniques
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Summary:The ability to successfully transplant solid organs and hematopoietic stem cells represents one of the landmark medical achievements of the twentieth century. Solid organ transplantation has emerged as the standard of care for select patients with severe vital organ dysfunction and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has become an important treatment option for patients with a wide spectrum of nonmalignant and malignant hematologic disorders, genetic disorders, and solid tumors. Although advances in surgical techniques, immunosuppressive management, and prophylaxis and treatment of infectious diseases have made long-term survival an achievable goal, transplant recipients remain at high risk for developing a myriad of serious and often life-threatening complications. Paramount among these are pulmonary complications, which arise as a consequence of the immunosuppressed status of the recipient as well as from such factors as the initial surgical insult of organ transplantation, the chemotherapy and radiation conditioning regimens that precede hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and alloimmune mechanisms mediating host-versus-graft and graft-versus-host responses. As the population of transplant recipients continues to grow and as their care progressively shifts from the university hospital to the community setting, knowledge of the pulmonary complications of transplantation is increasingly germane to the contemporary practice of pulmonary medicine.
ISSN:1073-449X
1535-4970
DOI:10.1164/rccm.200309-1322SO