0.4 × 103/uL, P = .006). COVID‐19 is associated with severe illness and a high mortality rate in lung transplant recipients.doi:10.1111/ajt.16241Meghan AversaLuke BenvenutoMichaela AndersonLori ShahThe Columbia University Lung Transplant ProgramAmerican Journal of Transplantation...
with chronic underlying diseases, such as chronic hypertension, diabetes, and liver and kidney problems, as well as people with lower immunity, such as patients with blood diseases, patients after organs transplant, and patients taking hormones for a long time and with the affected immune system. ...
JAMA:On June 5, 2020, you performed the first successful double lung transplant in the US for a patient with ARDS due to COVID-19. Can you tell us about the decision-making process that occurred prior to the surgery? Dr Bharat:At the start of the pandemic, we saw a number of patient...
COVID-19 Connection COVID-19 introduced a new dimension to lung cancer detection. "COVID-19 is a virus attacking the lungs primarily," Hirsch notes. "In acute COVID infection, it (causes) pneumonitis, or a strong lung infection. So the CT picture is typical for an infection, but it co...
COVID-19. The authors sampled the lower respiratory tract of critically ill patients with COVID-19 using bronchoscopy — a regrettably uncommon approach in the study of COVID-19 — to discover that site-specific microbiologic and immunologic features of the lower respiratory tract explain variation...
NANJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese doctors on Saturday completed a double-lung transplant surgery on a COVID-19 patient infected with the novel coronavirus, Wuxi People's Hospital in east China's Jiangsu Province said Sunday. The 5-hour operation was performed by a surgical team led by ...
Chest X-ray image of patient with lung injury due to vaping. Credit: UC Regents Vaping-related lung injury andCOVID-19’s shared symptoms can be confusing. A UC Davis Health pediatric team presented a powerful case series of three teenagers who had unexplained breathing problems during the CO...
COVID-19 and ARDS: the baby lung size mattersIntensive Care Medicine -doi:10.1007/s00134-020-06324-8Luciano GattinoniMattia BusanaLuigi CamporotaJohn J. MariniDavide ChiumelloIntensive Care Medicine
Objective Over 90% of the COVID-19 patients with computed tomographic (CT) manifestations showed radiological improvement on dissipating stage. Cases with refractory pulmonary infiltration were discussed in this study. Methods During hospitalization, che
As the new treatments and approaches towards the reduction of disease mortality emerged, new data hinted at a “hidden pandemic” of long-term sequelae of severe COVID [2]. Observational studies indicate that 90% of COVID patients experience COVID sequelae such as respiratory problems, decreased...