Acute Respiratory Failure in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience.

Objectives: We evaluated the frequency and cause of acute respiratory failure in renal transplant recipients.

Materials And Methods: Our single-center retrospective observational study included consecutive renal transplant recipients who were admitted to an intensive care unit for acute respiratory failure between 2011 and 2017. Acute respiratory failure was defined as oxygen saturation < 92% or partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood < 60 mm Hg on room air and/or requirement of noninvasive or invasive mechanical ventilation.

Preoperative pulmonary evaluation of liver transplant candidates: results from 341 adult patients.

Background: Pulmonary disorders are among the commonly encountered and prognostically important problems in patients with chronic liver disease. To define the prevalence and types of respiratory disorders in patients with advanced liver disease evaluated for liver transplant (LT) candidacy, and to determine factors affecting postoperative outcome.

Material/methods: The records of 341 adult patients evaluated for LT candidacy were retrospectively examined.