May 21, 2009Transplantation
Community-Acquired Respiratory Viral Infections in Lung Transplant Recipients
Why the study?
Does community-acquired respiratory virus (CARV) infection increase the risk of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) in lung transplant recipients?
Population
388 lung transplant recipient outpatients
Comparison
Community-acquired respiratory virus infection vs No CARV infection
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year after presentation
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support enhanced CARV surveillance in lung transplant recipients; leaves open whether prevention reduces BOS incidence.
Structured PICO
Does community-acquired respiratory virus (CARV) infection increase the risk of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) in lung transplant recipients?
P
Population
388 lung transplant recipient outpatients
I
Intervention
Community-acquired respiratory virus (CARV) infection
C
Comparator
No CARV infection
O
Outcome
New onset and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) stage 1 year after presentationhard clinical
Symptomatic community-acquired respiratory viral infections significantly increase the risk of new-onset bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in lung transplant recipients.
Cite This Study
Gottlieb et al. (2009) studied this question.