LUNG TRANSPLANTATION

Course overview

LUNG TRANSPLANTATION IS THE ULTIMATE TREATMENT OPTION FOR PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE LUNG DISEASE. DESPITE THE SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENT IN THE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC LUNG DISEASES LIKE COPD, IPF, CYSTIC FIBROSIS, ETC., LUNG TRANSPLANTATION REMAINS THE BEST RECOURSE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. DESPITE SIGNIFICANT TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENT SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1983, LUNG TRANSPLANTATION REMAINS A CHALLENGING PROCEDURE. NEVERTHELESS, APPROPRIATE DONOR SELECTION, DONOR ORGAN HARVEST ACTION, AND TRANSPORT, INTRAOPERATIVE INTRICACIES OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE, EARLY POSTOPERATIVE PROBLEMS OF PRIMARY GRAFT DYSFUNCTION DUE TO ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY, AS WELL AS A LONG-TERM COMPLICATION OF CHRONIC LUNG ALLOGRAFT REJECTION ARE THE DETAILS WHICH THE TREATMENT PROVIDING TEAM SHOULD BE EDUCATED ABOUT. THIS ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS UNDERGOING LUNG TRANSPLANTATION.