Table 3 Complications in patients discharged alive from hospital and causes of death in hospital after lung transplant
From: Extracorporeal life support as bridge to lung transplantation: a systematic review
Complications in patients discharged alive from hospital | |
|---|---|
â–ª | Respiratory complications: |
|  | • PGD requiring Post-Ltx ECMO 47%[34]; 21%[41]a; 20%[20]a; 54%[33]a |
|  | • PGD 72 hours 3rd grade 36%[37]; 15%[39]a; 35%[35]a |
|  | • Tracheostomy 41%[34]; 77%[38]a; 64%[41]a; 27%[26] |
|  | • Bronchopleura fistula 8%[38]a; 14%[36]a |
|  | • Open chest management 50%[41]a; 8%[39]a |
|  | • Acute rejection 15%[38]a; 28%[36]a |
â–ª | Acute kidney injury 35%[34]; 12%[35]a |
â–ª | Renal replacement therapy 23%[34]; 38%[38]a; 43%[41]a; 4%[26]; 14%[36]a; 54%[37]; 12%[35] |
â–ª | Infective complications: |
|  | • Pneumonia 52%[34] |
|  | • Sepsis 23%[34]; 19%[26]; 14%[36]a |
â–ª | Hemorrhagic complications: |
|  | • GI bleeding 5%[34] |
|  | • Bleeding from femoral artery 5%[34] |
|  | • Re-op. for bleeding 15%[38]a; 29%[41]a; 36%[37]; 28%[36]a; 15%[39]a |
|  | • Hemorrhage 31%[26]; 35%[35]a |
|  | • Massive hemoptysis 15%[26] |
â–ª | Neurological complications: |
|  | • Cerebral hemorrhage 5%[34] |
|  | • Stroke 8%[38]a |
|  | • Ischemia thoracic spinal cord 3%[32] |
|  | • CIP/CIM 31%[38]a; 64%[37]; 70%[35]a |
â–ª | Digital ischemia 17%[34]; 14%[36]a |
Causes of death in hospital after LTx | |
â–ª | MOF 6%[34]; 15%[26]; 7%[40]a |
â–ª | Sepsis 18%[34]; 14%[41]a; 10%[40]a |
â–ª | Acute colonic rupture 8%[38]a |
â–ª | Cardiogenic shock 6%[34] |
â–ª | Cardiac arrest 10%[40]a |
â–ª | Bleeding 9%[37]; 31%[39]a; 3%[40]a |
â–ª | Neurological event 3%[32] |
â–ª | Lung cancer 5%[26] |
â–ª | Bronchopleural fistula 3%[40]a |
â–ª | PGD 31%[39]a |
â–ª | Open chest treatment 23%[39]a |
â–ª | Other 18%[35]a |