Gundeep Dhillon, MD, MPH
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Single-institution study evaluating the utility of surveillance bronchoscopy after lung transplantation.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009; (1): 14-20
Many lung transplant physicians advocate surveillance bronchoscopy with transbronchial lung biopsy and bronchoalveolar lavage (TBB/BAL) to monitor lung recipients despite limited evidence this strategy improves outcomes. This report compares rates of infection (INF), acute rejection (AR), bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) and survival in lung allograft recipients managed with surveillance TBB/BAL (SB) versus those with clinically indicated TBB/BAL (CIB).
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