Sentences with phrase «lung transplant recipients»

The authors of the paper recommend testing lung transplant recipients who have hyperammonemia for Ureaplasma infection.

«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.

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.

UC San Diego surgeons are awarded a federal grant to study how to extend survival of lung transplant recipients.

Using a retrospective study design, we selected 49 bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples from 16 lung transplant recipients associated with pneumonia (n = 8), tracheobronchitis (n = 12) or colonization without respiratory infection (n = 29).

In contrast, 20 lung transplant recipients who didn't develop hyperammonemia were negative for all three microbes, the researchers report online today in Science Translational Medicine.

The researchers also checked for the bacteria in two lung transplant recipients who had hyperammonemia but were still alive.

Lung transplant recipients can die from excess ammonia, a condition a new study links to urinary tract bacteria.

Dr. Stuart Jamieson with the region's first heart - lung transplant recipient, a nurse named Catherine Renee Williams, 1991.