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J Heart Lung Transplant
; 28(5): 508-10, 2009 May.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19416782
ABSTRACT
Acute graft vs host disease is an uncommon and usually fatal complication of lung transplant for which no effective therapy exists. All 8 patients with grade 3 to 4 acute graft vs host disease after lung transplantation described in literature died within 208 days. We report a patient with grade 3 to 4 acute graft vs host disease after bilateral lung transplantation who was successfully treated with high-dose corticosteroids after basiliximab and extracorporeal photopheresis were unsuccessful.
Subject(s)
Bronchiectasis/surgery , Ciliary Motility Disorders/surgery , Glucocorticoids/administration & dosage , Graft vs Host Disease/drug therapy , Lung Transplantation/immunology , Methylprednisolone/administration & dosage , Postoperative Complications/drug therapy , Acute Disease , Adult , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Graft vs Host Disease/diagnosis , Graft vs Host Disease/immunology , Humans , Infusions, Intravenous , Male , Postoperative Complications/diagnosis , Postoperative Complications/immunology
2.
Clin Chem Lab Med
; 46(4): 563-4, 2008.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18605937