Anil J Trindade, Robert J Lentz, Whitney D Gannon, Otis B Rickman, Samira Shojaee, Katherine Vandervest, Gary Schwartz, Gloria W Li, Anupam Kumar, Puneet S Garcha, Eric J Seeley, Yaron B Gesthalter, Stephanie Mueller, John P Egan, Andrew J DeMaio, Lonny B Yarmus, Enambir S Josan, Jasleen K Pannu, Max T Wayne, Jose L DeCardenas, Matthew D Bacchetta, Fabien Maldonado
INTRODUCTION: The safety and efficacy of indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) in lung allograft recipients is under-reported. METHODS: We performed a multicenter, retrospective analysis between 1/1/2010 and 6/1/2022 of consecutive IPCs placed in lung transplant recipients. Outcomes included incidence of infectious and non-infectious complications and rate of auto-pleurodesis. RESULTS: Seventy-one IPCs placed in 61 lung transplant patients at eight centers were included...
June 24, 2023: Clinical Transplantation