The appropriate selection of lung transplant recipients is an important determinant of outcomes.
This consensus document is an update of the recipient selection guidelines published in …

Evolving technology and advances in medical knowledge mandate a need to update these
guidelines. The aim of this report is to assist physicians throughout the world in referring …

… After these experiments, Keshavjee and colleagues demonstrated that the association of
low-potassium (4 mmol/L) and dextran 40 reliably and reproducibly provided significantly better …

Background More than 80% of donor lungs are potentially injured and therefore not considered
suitable for transplantation. With the use of normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP), …

ContextRecent clinical trials have demonstrated a decrease in multiple organ dysfunction
syndrome (MODS) and mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) …

Resident macrophages orchestrate homeostatic, inflammatory, and reparative activities. It is
appreciated that different tissues instruct specialized macrophage functions. However, …

OBJECTIVE: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in North America. Low-dose
computed tomography screening can reduce lung cancer–specific mortality by 20%. …

Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura is a mesenchymal tumor that has been increasingly
recognized over the past few years. The tumor was initially described in the pleura, but it has …

OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to compare endobronchial ultrasound-guided
transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) with mediastinoscopy for mediastinal lymph node …

BACKGROUND: The inhibition of cellular metabolism induced by hypothermia obviates the
possibility of substantial reparative processes occurring during organ preservation. The aim …