Excellent long-term outcome with lungs obtained from uncontrolled donation after circulatory death.

We aimed to propose a simple and effective preservation method in lungs procured for transplantation from uncontrolled donation after circulatory death (uDCD) associated with excellent long-term results. Outcome measures for lung recipients were survival and primary graft dysfunction (PGD) grade 3. Survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method.

Effect of an intensive lung donor-management protocol on lung transplantation outcomes.

Background: An intensive lung donor-management protocol based on a strict protocol would increase the lung procurement rate. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of such a protocol on the rate of lung grafts available for transplant.

Methods: A lung-management protocol for donors after brain death (DBD) was implemented in 2009.

Aspergillus endocarditis in lung transplant recipient: successful surgical treatment.

Solid organ transplantation can be followed by Aspergillus infection, implying high mortality rates. The highest infection rates are registered among lung transplant recipients. We present a recent case of an Aspergillus endocarditis in a young lung transplant recipient.

Study of B-cell subpopulations in lung transplant recipients with posttransplant infection.

Background: Posttransplant infection after lung transplantation is a common feature due to the immunodeficiency induced by the immunosuppressive load.

Aim: To assess B-cell subsets in lung transplant recipients suffering at least one episode of infection within the first year posttransplantation.

Methods: Twenty-eight lung transplant recipients were enrolled in the study.

The Spanish Lung Transplant Registry: first report of results (2006-2010).

The Spanish Lung Transplant Registry (SLTR) began its activities in 2006 with the participation of all the lung transplantation (LT) groups with active programs in Spain. This report presents for the first time an overall description and results of the patients who received lung transplants in Spain from 2006 to 2010. LT activity has grown progressively, and in this time period 951 adults and 31 children underwent lung transplantation.