INTRODUCTION: Antibody mediated rejection (AMR) has been identified as an entity that
may lead to graft dysfunction. Optimal means for diagnosis and treatment of AMR have not …

BACKGROUND: Acute rejection affects more than 36% of recipients within the first year post-transplantation.
The interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor antagonist basiliximab has been …

BACKGROUND: Pressure-support ventilation (PSV) is more comfortable than volume
controlledcontinuous mandatory ventilation (VC-CMV) in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, in …

Among solid organs, transfer of peanut allergy from donor to recipient has been implicated
after liver transplantation. We report the first case in which such transfer occurred after a lung …

The case report is presented of a patient with West Nile virus infection and ventilator
dependent respiratory failure in whom bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis developed. If the …

INTRODUCTION: Inhibition of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) with either infliximab
or etanercept has been beneficial in multiple diseases. Infliximab is a TN-alpha antibody …

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PURPOSE: We previously described characteristics associated with pulmonary disease in
patients with NTM isolated from respiratory specimens. 1 The present study was intended to …

INTRODUCTION: Eosinophilic lung diseases encompass a wide variety of pulmonary
disorders. We describe a case of eosinophilic lung disease which does not fall into any of the …

PURPOSE: PSV has been reported to be more comfortable than AC during non-invasive
ventilation (1). This may be due to the ability of PSV to allow the patient to control rate, flow, …