Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Feb 2025
Early Prone Positioning As a Rescue Therapy for Moderate-to-severe Primary Graft Dysfunction After Bilateral Lung Transplant.
Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) affects survival after lung transplant (LT). The current hypothesis was that prone positioning (PP), proposed as a rescue maneuver to treat refractory hypoxemia due to PGD, may improve LT outcomes, especially when applied early. ⋯ Early PP in LT recipients with moderate-to-severe PGD seems to be associated with better 28-day ventilator-free days, oxygenation, and driving pressure than late PP.