[Restructuring of the COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Committee 2020-2023 in MexicoReestruturação do Comitê para Segurança das Vacinas contra a COVID-19, 2020-2023, México].

Objective: To describe the process of restructuring the National Expert Committee and its impact on the causality assessment of events supposedly attributable to vaccination or immunization (ESAVI) in the context of vaccine safety monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020-2023.

Method: A report was prepared on the experience of creating and operating Mexico's National Expert Committee during the aforementioned period.

Results: During the 2020-2023 period, 1293 severe ESAVIs were reported after COVID-19 vaccination; after 98.

[Bridge to lung transplantation with a novel pumpless lung assist device. Report of one case].

Devices such as Novalung can be used as a bridge to lung transplantation while waiting for a suitable donor. We report a 50 year-old male with a terminal pulmonary fibrosis and candidate for lung transplantation. He was admitted to the hospital due to a severe deterioration of his respiratory condition, with the presence of severe respiratory acidosis despite conventional invasive respiratory support.