Immunosuppression in lung transplantation: Changing perspectives
Lung transplantation is a definitive treatment option for select end-stage lung disease patients. Post lung transplantation, immunosuppression plays a significant role in a successful outcome. Rejection and infection are commonly encountered where immunosuppression plays an important role. Many immu...
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| author | Unmil Shah Vijil Rahulan Pradeep Kumar Prabhat Dutta Sandeep Attawar |
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| description | Lung transplantation is a definitive treatment option for select end-stage lung disease patients. Post lung transplantation, immunosuppression plays a significant role in a successful outcome. Rejection and infection are commonly encountered where immunosuppression plays an important role. Many immunosuppressive strategies have been designed and their protocols might vary from center to center. This review will focus on these perspectives as well as emerging perspectives during COVID times. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc3aece67dab45b1a6e11b74c506e8402022-12-21T18:33:16ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Transplantation2212-00172212-00252021-01-0115215716510.4103/ijot.ijot_98_20Immunosuppression in lung transplantation: Changing perspectivesUnmil ShahVijil RahulanPradeep KumarPrabhat DuttaSandeep AttawarLung transplantation is a definitive treatment option for select end-stage lung disease patients. Post lung transplantation, immunosuppression plays a significant role in a successful outcome. Rejection and infection are commonly encountered where immunosuppression plays an important role. Many immunosuppressive strategies have been designed and their protocols might vary from center to center. This review will focus on these perspectives as well as emerging perspectives during COVID times.http://www.ijtonline.in/article.asp?issn=2212-0017;year=2021;volume=15;issue=2;spage=157;epage=165;aulast=Shahimmunosuppressionlung transplantrejection |
| spellingShingle | Unmil Shah Vijil Rahulan Pradeep Kumar Prabhat Dutta Sandeep Attawar Immunosuppression in lung transplantation: Changing perspectives Indian Journal of Transplantation immunosuppression lung transplant rejection |
| title | Immunosuppression in lung transplantation: Changing perspectives |
| title_full | Immunosuppression in lung transplantation: Changing perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Immunosuppression in lung transplantation: Changing perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Immunosuppression in lung transplantation: Changing perspectives |
| title_short | Immunosuppression in lung transplantation: Changing perspectives |
| title_sort | immunosuppression in lung transplantation changing perspectives |
| topic | immunosuppression lung transplant rejection |
| url | http://www.ijtonline.in/article.asp?issn=2212-0017;year=2021;volume=15;issue=2;spage=157;epage=165;aulast=Shah |
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