Intensive care of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right-sided heart failure
includes treatment of factors causing or contributing to heart failure, careful fluid …

Despite the progress made in medical therapies for treating pulmonary hypertension (PH), a
subset of patients remain susceptible to develo** a maladaptive right ventricular …

Objective The use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) in lung transplantation has been
steadily increasing over the prior decade, with evolving strategies for incorporating support …

Objective Intraoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is usually reserved
to support patients during complex lung transplantation. We hypothesized that a routine …

Objective To clarify the relationship between the use of extracorporeal life support during
lung transplantation and severe primary graft dysfunction (PGD), we developed and …

Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is the clinical syndrome of acute lung injury after lung
transplantation (LTx). However, PGD is an umbrella term that encompasses the ongoing …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a risk factor for morbidity and mortality in patients
undergoing surgery and anesthesia. This document represents the first international …

The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the field of lung
transplantation has rapidly expanded over the past 30 years. It has become an important …

The number of lung transplantations is progressively increasing worldwide, providing new
challenges to interprofessional teams and the intensive care units. The outcome of lung …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a rapidly progressive lung disease with a
high mortality rate. Although lung transplantation (LTx) is a well-established treatment for a …