A national survey of immunosuppression adjustment in elderly lung transplant recipients

Jade M Kozuch; Alicia Lichvar; Dana Abraham; Eugene Golts; Christine M Lin; Aarya Kafi; Gordon Yung; Kamyar Afshar

Transplantation Reports (Dec 2024)

A national survey of immunosuppression adjustment in elderly lung transplant recipients

Jade M Kozuch,
Alicia Lichvar,
Dana Abraham,
Eugene Golts,
Christine M Lin,
Aarya Kafi,
Gordon Yung,
Kamyar Afshar

Affiliations

Jade M Kozuch: Department of Pharmacy, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA; Corresponding author at: University of California San Diego Health, 9300 Campus Point Drive MC-7376, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Alicia Lichvar: Department of Pharmacy, University of California Irvine, Orange, CA, USA
Dana Abraham: Department of Pharmacy, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
Eugene Golts: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Christine M Lin: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Aarya Kafi: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Gordon Yung: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Kamyar Afshar: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 4
p. 100164

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The proportion of elderly lung transplant recipients has increased substantially in recent years. The immunosuppressants required significantly increase the risk for infection and malignancy in the elderly population. However, there is a paucity of data on immunosuppression management practices in this group. Herein, we report results of the first national aggregation of immunosuppressant strategies in elderly lung transplant recipients within the US.

Published in Transplantation Reports

ISSN: 2451-9596 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/transplantation-reports/

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