Hospital- and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia early after Lung Transplantation: a prospective Study on Incidence, Pathogen Origin and Outcome.
Laura N WaltiChun Fai NgQasim MohiuddinRoni BittermanMohammed AlsaeedWilliam KlementTereza MartinuAman SidhuTony MazzulliLaura DonahoeShaf KeshavjeeLorenzo Del SorboShahid HusainPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
Prospectively assessed early pneumonia incidence occurred in around 10% of LT. Populations at increased risk for pneumonia occurrence include LT with pre-transplant pulmonary hypertension and pre-transplant immunosuppression. Pneumonia was associated with increased healthcare use, highlighting the need for further improvements by preferentially targeting higher-risk patients.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- pulmonary hypertension
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- community acquired pneumonia
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- risk assessment
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- pulmonary artery
- coronary artery
- cancer therapy
- intensive care unit
- candida albicans
- patient reported outcomes
- adverse drug