Respiratory Viruses at Time of Lung Transplant and the Relationship to Primary Graft Dysfunction.

Publication date: Jul 28, 2025

Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is a form of immediate post-transplant acute lung injury associated with increased risk of mortality, and it is possible that respiratory viruses (RVs) at the time of transplant may augment this. We retrospectively studied all adult lung transplant recipients transplanted in our program from 2017 to 2020, with a primary outcome of grade 3 PGD (PGD3), defined as edema on chest X-ray and arterial oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen ratio 30 (odds ratio 0. 93 [95% confidence interval 0. 38-2. 49; p = 0. 8845]). Perioperative RVs were not associated with a difference in the risk of PGD3 in our cohort. This may have implications for donor and recipient selection and preoperative evaluation.

Concepts Keywords
Rvs lung transplantation
Transplant primary graft dysfunction
Viruses respiratory virus

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH Primary Graft Dysfunction
disease MESH lung injury
disease MESH edema
drug DRUGBANK Oxygen

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