The authors of the paper recommend testing lung transplant recipients who have hyperammonemia for Ureaplasma infection. (sciencemag.org)
«The Effect of Transplant Center Volume on Cost and Readmission in Medicare Lung Transplant Recipients» was published online ahead of print in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. (sciencedaily.com)
In addition to rendering lungs unusable for transplant, pulmonary edema also signals that the lungs are not functioning properly post-transplant and is a major cause of illness and death among lung transplant recipients. (sciencedaily.com)