Sentences with phrase «lung transplantation at»

But patients with the antibodies in their blood are at high risk of dying while waiting for a perfect match, said Brian Feingold, M.D., M.S., study lead author and medical director of Pediatric Heart and Heart - Lung Transplantation at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and associate professor of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania.

Not exact matches

Caucasian and Hispanic children who undergo lung transplantation appear to be at greater risk for developing chronic kidney disease, or CKD, according to a small retrospective study conducted at Texas Children's Hospital.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a «Black Box» warning about the use of sirolimus in lung transplant patients, at least when started at the time of transplantation.

«Lung transplantation is a life - saving, resource - intensive intervention for patients with end - stage lung disease,» said Joshua Mooney, MD, instructor of medicine at Stanford and lead autLung transplantation is a life - saving, resource - intensive intervention for patients with end - stage lung disease,» said Joshua Mooney, MD, instructor of medicine at Stanford and lead autlung disease,» said Joshua Mooney, MD, instructor of medicine at Stanford and lead author.

Lung transplantation cost at low - volume centers was 11.6 percent higher than high - volume centers.

In this study, Danny F. McAuley, Gerard F. Curley, Umar I. Hamid, John G. Laffey, Jason Abbott, David H. McKenna, Xiaohui Fang, Michael A. Matthay, and Jae W. Lee looked at whether lungs that were rejected for transplantation because of edema could be «reconditioned» to qualify for transplant.

UT Southwestern was one of 16 medical centers across the country — and the only one in Texas — participating in a national clinical trial of the technology, which was aimed at significantly expanding the number of donor lungs available for transplantation.