Search Results - "Wilt, Jessie S."
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Six-Minute-Walk Distance Predicts Waiting List Survival in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (15-09-2006)“…Functional studies may be useful to predict survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Various cutoffs of 6-min-walk distance (6MWD) have been suggested…”
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Risk factors for venous thromboembolism after lung transplantation
Published in Chest (01-08-2007)“…The risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) following lung transplantation are not well established. We aimed to estimate the incidence of VTE and to…”
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Platelet-derived growth factor is increased in pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis
Published in Chest (01-03-2007)“…Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PCH) is a rare cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension with no effective medical therapy and a high risk of mortality…”
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The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) and the Prediction of Kidney Outcomes After Lung Transplantation
Published in The Journal of heart and lung transplantation (01-11-2008)“…Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is prevalent after lung transplantation. This study evaluated the ability of the 24-hour urine creatinine clearance…”
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Obesity and Underweight Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Death after Lung Transplantation
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (01-11-2009)“…Obesity is considered a relative contraindication to lung transplantation, based on studies that have not accounted for key confounders. Little is known about…”
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Osteoporosis in diffuse parenchymal lung disease
Published in Chest (01-01-2006)“…There are no studies focused on skeletal status in patients with diffuse parenchymal lung disease (DPLD). We hypothesized that patients with DPLD referred for…”
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Risk factors and outcomes of hypogammaglobulinemia after lung transplantation
Published in Transplantation (27-06-2005)“…Hypogammaglobulinemia (HGG) frequently occurs after solid organ transplantation; however, the prevalence and implications of HGG after lung transplantation are…”
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Severe pulmonary hypertension due to chronic echinococcal pulmonary emboli treated with targeted pulmonary vascular therapy and hepatic resection
Published in Chest (01-10-2007)“…Hydatid disease (human echinococcosis) is a zoonotic infection caused by larval forms (metacestodes) of the genus Echinococcus. Although pulmonary hypertension…”
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Platelet activation in the postoperative period after lung transplantation
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-03-2008)“…Objective During lung transplantation, cells in the pulmonary parenchyma are subjected to ischemia, hypothermic storage, and reperfusion injury. Platelets,…”
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Assessment of Kidney Function in Lung Transplant Candidates
Published in The Journal of heart and lung transplantation (01-06-2008)“…Background Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is the best measure of kidney function; however, 24-hour creatinine clearance (CrCl) is the initial screening test…”
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Outcomes after Lung Retransplantation in the Modern Era
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (01-01-2008)“…Characteristics of and survival estimates for recipients of lung retransplantation in the modern era are unknown. To compare lung retransplant patients in the…”
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Racial Differences in Waiting List Outcomes in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (15-02-2008)“…Blacks with chronic illness have poorer outcomes than whites in the United States. The health outcomes of minorities with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…”
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Immunoglobulin G Levels before and after Lung Transplantation
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (15-04-2006)“…The determinants of immunoglobulin G (IgG) level and the risk of hypogammaglobulinemia (HGG) in patients with severe lung disease before and after lung…”
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Exercise testing determines survival in patients with diffuse parenchymal lung disease evaluated for lung transplantation
Published in Respiratory medicine (01-11-2005)“…Diffuse parenchymal lung disease is associated with a high risk of mortality despite early referral and listing for lung transplantation. We hypothesized that…”
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Outcomes of extended donor lung recipients after lung transplantation
Published in Transplantation (15-02-2005)“…Lung transplantation is currently limited by the number of suitable donor organs. Many lung-transplant programs use lungs that do not meet the formal criteria…”
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Successful bilateral lung transplantation for pulmonary fibrosis associated with the Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
Published in The Journal of heart and lung transplantation (01-10-2005)“…Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a genetic disorder characterized by oculocutaneous albinism, a bleeding diathesis, and in a subset of patients, pulmonary…”
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Surrogate Markers and Risk Factors for Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction
Published in American journal of transplantation (01-07-2004)“…Obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) is the histologic correlate of chronic allograft dysfunction in pulmonary transplantation. The histologic diagnosis of OB is…”
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Cardiovascular improvements after lung transplantation in patients with cystic fibrosis
Published in The FASEB journal (01-03-2008)“…Abstract only Due to a lack of published data, we investigated the effects of lung transplantation on cardiopulmonary parameters for patients with cystic…”
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