Lung transplantation in the elderly: Influence of age, comorbidities, underlying disease, and extended criteria donor lungs - ScienceDirectJonas P. Ehrsam MD aChristian Benden MD bBurkhardt Seifert MD cIsabelle Opitz MD aDidier Schneiter MD a...
Decline in lung function with increasing age is common in older people. However, the rate of decline using the forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) in a longitudinal study in the elderly community dwellers is unknown.We analyzed data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing on people ...
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The median age of presentation with lung cancer is 71, making the elderly the dominant subgroup. Although some elderly patients are frail, others have great physiological reserve. Geriatric assessment can clarify the specific strengths and weaknesses of older patients, improving management. This assessm...
LUNG FUNCTION DECLINE AND OUTCOMES IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION: FINDINGS FROM THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY We report the case of a 37-year-old man with chronic renal insufficiency, on hemodialysis, with no respiratory symptoms but whose chest radiograph showed p... Mannino David M. MD,Davis Kou...
Aging is a global challenge, marked in the lungs by function decline and structural disorders, which affects the health of the elderly population. To explore anti-aging strategies, we develop a dynamic atlas covering 45 cell types in human lungs, spannin
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**See text for factors involved in the choice between non-surgical and surgical multimodality treatment. ACCP, American College of Chest Physicians; CT, computed tomography; LN, lymph node; NSCLC, non-small-cell lung cancer; PET, positron-emission tomography. The two most striking changes in ...