Renal Replacement Therapy: Controversies and Future Trends

Renal Replacement Therapy: Controversies and Future Trends

Controversies and trends have always been present in nephrology. Since its inception and throughout its development, renal replacement therapy has been shrouded in uncertainty, even as it advances, and it has always been... read more

Patients With PAH Face Unique Considerations for Lung Transplantation

Patients With PAH Face Unique Considerations for Lung Transplantation

Insights from a new paper outline the unique considerations and management approaches for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) undergoing lung transplantation. Currently approved treatment options for Group... read more

COVID-19 in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

COVID-19 in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Solid Organ Transplant (SOT) recipients are at high risk of severe coronavirus disease-2019. Prior to the availability of vaccination, passive immunotherapies and effective antiviral therapeutics, the outcomes of COVID-19... read more

ECMO in Adult Patients Receiving HCT

ECMO in Adult Patients Receiving HCT

Combined advances in hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and intensive care management have improved the survival of patients with hematological malignancies admitted to the intensive care unit. In cases of refractory... read more

Cystic Fibrosis in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cystic Fibrosis in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and the development of life-threatening COVID-19 are believed to disproportionately affect certain at-risk populations. However, it is not clear whether... read more

Criteria for Selecting COVID-19 Patients for Lung Transplantation

Criteria for Selecting COVID-19 Patients for Lung Transplantation

In May 2020, a team led by thoracic surgeon Konrad Hoetzenecker of the Department of Surgery of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital performed a lung transplant on a 44-year-old patient who had been seriously ill with... read more

Early Outcomes After Lung Transplantation for Severe COVID-19

Early Outcomes After Lung Transplantation for Severe COVID-19

The findings from our report show that lung transplantation is the only option for survival in some patients with severe, unresolving COVID-19-associated ARDS, and that the procedure can be done successfully, with good early... read more

Isavuconazole vs. Voriconazole for Antifungal Prophylaxis in Lung Transplant Recipients

Isavuconazole vs. Voriconazole for Antifungal Prophylaxis in Lung Transplant Recipients

Isavuconazole was effective and well tolerated as antifungal prophylaxis following lung transplantation. A single-center, retrospective study of patients who received isavuconazole (September 2015–February 2018) or voriconazole... read more

Improving Outcomes for Children Requiring ECMO Therapy Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Improving Outcomes for Children Requiring ECMO Therapy Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Pediatric patients posthematopoietic stem cell transplantation supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation have improving survival rates over time. With 26% of patients (16/62) surviving to hospital discharge in the... read more

Pediatric Liver Intensive Care

Pediatric Liver Intensive Care

Acute management of children with liver disease and liver transplantation has rapidly evolved over the last two decades due to worldwide availability of complex liver surgery and liver transplantation. This book edited... read more

Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis Pneumonia in non‐HIV Immunocompromised Patients

Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis Pneumonia in non‐HIV Immunocompromised Patients

Our review shows that TMP/SMX prophylaxis is highly effective for prevention of Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) in patients with hematological malignancies, bone marrow transplantation and solid organ transplantation,... read more

Management of late onset urea cycle disorders-a remaining challenge for the intensivist?

Management of late onset urea cycle disorders-a remaining challenge for the intensivist?

Awareness of urea cycle disorders in adults intensive care units can optimize early management and accordingly dramatically improve prognosis. By preventing hyperammonemia to induce brain edema and herniation leading to death. Hyperammonemia... read more

Impact of implantation time on early function of cardiac transplant

Impact of implantation time on early function of cardiac transplant

Data on out-of-ice implantation ischemia in heart transplant are scarce. We examined implantation time's impact on allograft dysfunction.METHODS: We conducted a single-site retrospective review of all primary adult heart... read more

Pre-hospital Care & Interfacility Transport of 385 COVID-19 Emergency Patients

Pre-hospital Care & Interfacility Transport of 385 COVID-19 Emergency Patients

All participating air ambulance providers were prepared for COVID-19. Safe care and transport of suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients is achievable. Most patients on primary missions were transported by ground. These... read more