Severe complication from lung transplantation has been underestimated, researchers find

PLS (passenger lymphocyte syndrome) is a potentially life-threatening risk in lung transplants that has hardly been researched and is often underestimated in clinical practice. However, the complication occurs more frequently than previously thought, as shown by a recent study at the Department of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy in collaboration with the Department of Thoracic Surgery at MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna. The results, recently published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, not only provide new insights into PLS, but also approaches for early detection Read More