A single center Israeli experience in pregnancy post lung transplantation: Feasibility of successful two or more full-term pregnancies in individual lung transplant recipients.

Introduction: Female lung transplant recipients (LTRs) of reproductive age are increasingly considering pregnancy due to advances in post-transplant management and improved survival. We report our experience with pregnancy in LTRs, with an emphasis on two or more successful full-term pregnancies in individual transplant recipients.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of pregnancies in LTRs at our transplant center and collected maternal and fetal outcomes.

Lung Transplantation for Graft-Versus-Host Disease after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Single-center Experience.

Background: Late-onset pulmonary complications can occur following hematological stem cell transplantation (HSCT). In allogeneic HSCT these complications are often associated with chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Lung transplantation (LTx) often remains the only viable therapeutic option in these patients.

[INTUBATION RELATED TRACHEAL RUPTURE: EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED].

This case involved a 67-year-old female who was admitted for general anesthesia for a mitral clip procedure. Following anesthesia induction, the patient underwent an uneventful orotracheal intubation. Shortly afterwards she developed an ongoing respiratory failure, accompanied by neck and chest subcutaneous emphysema.

Postdischarge venous thromboembolic complications following pulmonary oncologic resection: An underdetected problem.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of delayed postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients undergoing oncologic lung resections, despite adherence to current in-hospital VTE prophylaxis guidelines.

Methods: Patients undergoing lung resection for malignancy in 2 tertiary-care centers were recruited between June 2013 and December 2014. All patients received guideline-based VTE prophylaxis until hospital discharge.

FDG PET/CT for assessing the resectability of NSCLC patients with N2 disease after neoadjuvant therapy.

Objective: Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CMRT) is the most effective treatment of stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The present study aimed at assessing FDG PET/CT for defining the response of N2 disease to neoadjuvant CMRT, as surgical resection after such therapy significantly improves 5-year survival in responding N2 disease.

Methods: Forty-five patients with locally advanced NSCLC underwent both pre-neoadjuvant therapy FDG PET/CT and post-neoadjuvant therapy FDG PET/CT followed by anatomical resection of lung and ipsilateral mediastinal lymph nodes (LN).

[Actinomyces empyema treated with decortications].

Actinomyces infections are rare infections, involving the head and neck, abdominal cavity, and the lung. We report a case of a 66 year old woman with shortness of breath and a pleural effusion from which Actinomyces meyeriwas cultured. The diagnosis was confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction technique.