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Case Reports
. 2024 Dec 5:19:29768675241302903.
doi: 10.1177/29768675241302903. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.

Multiple life-threatening complications in a patient who received lung transplantation due to cystic fibrosis and their management

Gizem Kececi Ozgur  1 , Ali Ozdil  2 , Pervin Korkmaz  3 , Tevfik İlker Akcam  2
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Multiple life-threatening complications in a patient who received lung transplantation due to cystic fibrosis and their management

Gizem Kececi Ozgur et al. Ther Adv Pulm Crit Care Med. .

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis patients may be considered for lung transplantation. Although these patients may experience more successful outcomes and survival rates compared to others, various complications can arise. In particular, infectious complications and septic deaths may be more prevalent in cystic fibrosis patients compared to other lung transplant indications. Considering all these factors, recognizing and managing complications that may arise during the postoperative period in this patient group are of critical importance. In this article, multiple life-threatening complications occurring in the post-transplant period in a patient who underwent lung transplantation due to cystic fibrosis are chronologically presented, and their management is discussed.

Keywords: Lung transplantation; complications; cystic fibrosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Preoperative chest CT.
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Postoperative chest X-ray.
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Chest X-ray after COVID-19 positivity.
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