Spirometric assessment of lung transplant patients: one year follow-up

• Autor(a) principal: Pêgo-Fernandes, Paulo M.
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Outros Autores: Abrão, Fernando Conrado, Fernandes, Frederico Leon Arrabal, Caramori, Marlova L., Samano, Marcos Naoyuki, Jatene, Fabio B.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Clinics
• DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322009000600006
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/clinics/article/view/18050
• topic: Lung transplantation; Spirometry; Respiratory function tests; Emphysema; Insufflation

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare spirometry data between patients who underwent single-lung or double-lung transplantation the first year after transplantation. INTRODUCTION: Lung transplantation, which was initially described as an experimental method in 1963, has become a therapeutic option for patients with advanced pulmonary diseases due to improvements in organ conservation, surgical technique, immunosuppressive therapy and treatment of post-operative infections. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the records of the 39 patients who received lung transplantation in our institution between August 2003 and August 2006. Twenty-nine patients survived one year post-transplantation, and all of them were followed. RESULTS: The increase in lung function in the double-lung transplant group was more substantial than that of the single-lung transplant group, exhibiting a statistical difference from the 1st month in both the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and the forced vital capacity (FVC) in comparison to the pre-transplant values (p