Lung Transplantation (eBook)

Ganesh Raghu, MD, FCCP, FACP Professor of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine University of Washington Seattle, WA, USA Director Center for Interstitial Lung Disease; ILD, Sarcoid and Pulmonary Fibrosis Program Co-Director Scleroderma Clinic University of Washington Medicine Seattle, WA, USARoberto G. Carbone, MD, FCCPConsultantUniversity of GenoaDepartment of Internal Medicine Genoa, Italy

The History of Lung Transplantation.- Single and Bilateral Lung Transplantation:  Indications, Contraindications, Evaluation, and Requirements for Patients to be Considered Eligible.- Pretransplant Considerations in Patients with Obstructive Lung Disease:  COPD, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Cystic Fibrosis, and Non-CF Bronchiectasis.- Pretransplant Considerations in Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis.- Pulmonary Vascular Disease:  Specific Evaluation and Timing for Listing Eligible Patients to Receive Lung Transplantation and Management of the Pre-Lung Transplant Patient.- Psychosocial Evaluation of the Patient Considered for Lung Transplant.- Prognostic Markers and the LAS for Lung Transplantation:  Impact of New Revisions for Successful Outcome.- Management of the Donor and Recipient: Surgical Management.- Immunology in Lung Transplantation.- Physiologic and Epigenetic Changes with Pulmonary Vascular Injury after Lung Transplantation.- Medical Management of the Lung Transplant Recipient:  Extra-Pulmonary Issues .- Management of Cellular and Humoral Rejection:  Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment.- Pathology of Lung Rejection:  Cellular and Humoral Mediated.- Prevention and Treatment Regimens for Non-Viral Infections in the Lung Transplant Recipient.- Respiratory Viruses and Other Relevant Viral Infections in the Lung Transplant Recipient.- Lung Allograft (LAD) and Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome.- Gastroesophageal Reflux and Esophageal Dysmotility in Patients Undergoing Evaluation for Lung Transplantation:  Assessment, Evaluation, and Management.- Management of Airway Stenosis in the Lung Allograft: Bronchoscopy Procedures.- Imaging of Lung Transplantation.- New Horizons in Lung Transplantation.- Gaps and Future Directions in Lung Transplantation.