Izhodišča: Optimalna kirurška tehnika eksplantacije donorskih pljuč in ustrezna izvedba ohranitvenega postopka organa sta ključna dejavnika pri zagotavljanju dobrega delovanja presajenih pljuč, kar ...je še posebej pomembno v procesu vzpostavljanja programa transplantacije pljuč.
Metode: Retrospekitvno smo analizirali prva tri leta trajanja programa eksplantacije donorskih pljuč, ki smo ga opravili v sklopu programa presaditev pljuč v naši ustanovi. Glavni namen raziskave je bil oceniti učinkovitost eksplantacije donorskih pljuč z določitvijo PGD (angl. primary graft dysfunction) pri prejemnikih in morebitni vpliv trajanja eksplantacije in razdalje do donorske ustanove na PGD.
Rezultati: Od septembra 2018 do avgusta 2021 smo izvedli 56 eksplantacij donorskih pljuč, od teh smo 37 (66,1 %) pljuč sprejeli, 19 (33,9 %) pa smo jih zavrnili. Od vseh 37 transplantiranih bolnikov jih je 33 (89,2 %) imelo PGD 0, 2 bolnika (5,4 %) sta imela PGD 3, pri 2 (5,4 %) bolnikih pa je bil ta nedoločljiv; PGD 1 ali 2 pa ni bil izmerjen pri nobenem od bolnikov. Čas eksplantacije (p = 0,542) in oddaljenost donorske ustanove (p = 0,605) nista bila statistično pomembno povezana s PGD pri prejemnikih.
Zaključek: Analiza prvih treh let našega dela je pokazala, da smo vzpostavili uspešen in učinkovit program eksplantacije donorskih pljuč, kar je pomemben prispevek dobremu rezultatu zdravljenja bolnikov s presaditvijo pljuč.
Izhodišča: Presaditev pljuč je zahtevna metoda zdravljenja za izbrane bolnike z napredovalo pljučno boleznijo. Naraščanje števila primernih kandidatov in standarizacija posega sta v letu 2018 ...omogočila vzpostavitev transplantacijskega centra v UKC Ljubljana. Prispevek poroča o prvih rezultatih.
Metode: Opravili smo analizo lastnega registra bolnikov. Rezultate smo primerjali s skupino bolnikov, ki so jim pred tem opravili presaditev v AKH Dunaj.
Rezultati: Med 15. 9. 2018 in 15. 9. 2021 smo opravili 37 presaditev pljuč (od tega pri 13 ženskah). Indikacije so bile KOPB (n = 13, 35 %), pljučne fibroze (n = 7, 19 %), cistična fibroza (n = 5, 14 %), kovidna pljučnica (n = 4, 11 %), bronhiektazije (n = 3, 8 %), pljučna hipertenzija (n = 2, 5 %), limfangioleiomiomatoza (n = 1, 3 %), pomanjkanje alfa-1-antitripsina (n = 1, 3 %) in bronhiolitis (n = 1, 3 %). V primerjavi s prejšnjo skupino bolnikov, napotenih v AKH Dunaj (71 bolnikov, od tega 35 žensk), je bil delež bolnikov s KOPB višji (35 % in 16 %, p = 0,019), bolniki pa so bili starejši (mediana razpon, 59 14–68 in 43 4–58 let, p = 0,001). 76 % darovanih pljuč ni ustrezalo standardnim merilom (30 % darovalcev je bilo starejših od 55 let, 22 % jih je imelo infiltrate na rentgenogramu pljuč, 24 % pa ni izpolnjevalo enega od ostalih meril), v 43 % pa je bila potrebna redukcija velikosti, kar pa ni vplivalo na primarno odpoved presadka. Kratkoročno preživetje je bili podobno v obeh skupinah (1-letno preživetje v UKC Ljubljana 89 % 95 % CI 78–99 % in v AKH Dunaj 83 % 95 % CI 74–92 %).
Zaključek: Prvi rezultati kažejo, da so zgodnji izidi po presaditvi pljuč primerljivi pri bolnikih, ki so imeli presaditev v UKC Ljubljana ali v AKH Dunaj.
Purpose
Performance status is an important factor in determining quality of life, the choice of treatment, and prognostic tool in patients. All scoring systems currently in use measure the patient’s ...performance subjectively. A new method of objective assessment of performance ECOG/WHO grades 2 and 3 was constructed and tested.
Methods
A performance meter—an adapted USB data logger with a mercury tilt switch—was constructed. The device was tested in a feasibility study on 33 residents of a retirement home. Parallel to the objective assessment, each resident gave their own estimate of their performance, and each resident was in turn assessed by the nursing staff.
Results
With the performance meter, 4 residents (12%) were assessed as PS ≥ 3 in comparison with 8 (24%) and 7 (21%) residents with an ECOG score ≥ 3 estimated by patients themselves and nursing staff respectively.
Conclusion
Subjective scoring—estimated by patients themselves and by nursing staff—showed underestimation of patients’ performance. In 12% of patients, a better performance score was observed with objective measurement in comparison with subjective assessment. Performance meter could be a useful tool for health care professionals for type of care decisions.
Severe airway bleeding or massive hemoptysis is a rare condition that carries high mortality. Patients are at risk of life-thretening respiratory compromise due to the airways filling with blood. ...The main principles in the management of massive hemoptysis are: maintainance of airway patency, localization of the source of bleeding and control of the hemorrhage. Most cases of massive hemoptysis are caused by inflammatory lung diseases such as aspergiloma, tuberculosis and bronchiectasis while a severe bleeding from a malignant lung tumor is a rare find.We present a case of massive hemoptysis in a 60-year old woman, caused by the invasion of lung cancer into the left pulmonary trunk and aorta, which was successfully managed by an extended left pneumonectomy, with the resection of the proximal part of the descending thoracic aorta and interposition of a vascualar graft without extra corporeal circulation. A complete (R0) resection was also achieved.
Severe airway bleeding or massive hemoptysis is a rare condition that carries high mortality. Patients are at risk of life-thretening respiratory compromise due to the airways filling with blood. ...The main principles in the management of massive hemoptysis are: maintainance of airway patency, localization of the source of bleeding and control of the hemorrhage. Most cases of massive hemoptysis are caused by inflammatory lung diseases such as aspergiloma, tuberculosis and bronchiectasis while a severe bleeding from a malignant lung tumor is a rare find.We present a case of massive hemoptysis in a 60-year old woman, caused by the invasion of lung cancer into the left pulmonary trunk and aorta, which was successfully managed by an extended left pneumonectomy, with the resection of the proximal part of the descending thoracic aorta and interposition of a vascualar graft without extra corporeal circulation. A complete (R0) resection was also achieved.
Severe airway bleeding or massive hemoptysis is a rare condition that carries high mortality. Patients are at risk of life-thretening respiratory compromise due to blood-lled airways. The main ...principles in the management of massive hemoptysis are: maintenance of airway patency, localization of the source of bleeding and hemorrhage control. Most cases of massive hemoptysis are caused by inammatory lung diseases, such as aspergiloma, tuberculosis and bronchiectasis, while a severe bleeding from a malignant lung tumor is a rare nd. We present a case of massive hemoptysis in a 60-year old woman, caused by lung cancer invasion into the le pulmonary trunk and aorta, which was successfully managed by an extended le pneumonectomy, with the resection of the proximal part of the descending thoracic aorta and interposition of a vascualar gra without extra corporeal circulation. A complete (R0) resection was also achieved.
Prvi cilji zdravljenja simptomatskih malignomov požiralnika vključujejo vzdrževanje prehranske poti, preprečevanje krvavitev in bolečin. Vsi bolniki potrebujejo multidisciplinarno oceno, da jim ...zagotovimo primerno, običajno več-modalno terapijo. Opredelitev najbolj ustreznega načina prehranske podpore bolnika z rakom požiralnika mora biti individualna. Zdravljenje je odvisno od stadija bolezni, simptomov, razpoložljive tehnologije in izkušenj lečečega zdravnika. Predstavljamo naš način reševanja disfagije s pomočjo znotraj- -lumenskih opornic požiralnika. V naši praksi se je znotraj- -lumenska opornica požiralnika pokazala za zelo učinkovit in bolniku najprijaznejši način zagotavljanja optimalnega vnosa hranil pred ter med neoadjuvantno terapijo. Zapletov je malo, vstavitve pa nimajo negativnega vpliva na perioperativne izide.
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