Video consultation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a single center's experience with lung transplant recipients

MZ Kayser, C Valtin, M Greer, B Karow… - Telemedicine and e …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted health
care systems worldwide. This is due to both to the reallocation of resources toward COVID-19 …

Five-year outcome of an early everolimus-based quadruple immunosuppression in lung transplant recipients: follow-up of the 4EVERLUNG study

N Kneidinger, C Valtin, I Hettich, BC Frye, A Wald… - …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background. Everolimus-based quadruple low calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) maintenance
immunosuppression has been shown to be effective in preserving short-term renal function …

Clinical decision making is improved by BioFire Pneumonia Plus in suspected lower respiratory tract infection after lung transplantation: Results of the prospective …

MZ Kayser, B Seeliger, C Valtin, J Fuge… - Transplant Infectious …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are a significant cause of morbidity and
mortality in lung transplant (LTx) recipients. Timely and precise pathogen detection is vital …

Graphic narrative based informed consent for bronchoscopy improves satisfaction in patients after lung-transplantation: A randomized controlled trial

B Seeliger, MZ Kayser, N Drick, J Fuge, C Valtin… - Patient Education and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective This study investigated the effects of supplementing standard informed consent (IC)
with a graphic narrative on patient satisfaction, periprocedural anxiety and experience. …

[PDF][PDF] Association of education and knowledge of HIV with HIV stigma in thirteen selected African countries

…, JE Michaelis, M Müller, K Schütze, C Valtin - Cent Afr J Public …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Majority of African countries have high stigma index (HSI) and are mostly populated by rural
dwellers with high levels of illiteracy/ignorance. Therefore, poor education and knowledge of …

[HTML][HTML] The transplant evaluation rating scale predicts clinical outcomes 1 year after lung transplantation: a prospective longitudinal study

…, M Bauer-Hohmann, F Ius, C Valtin… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: It has been recommended that all candidates for lung transplantation undergo
pre-transplant psychosocial evaluation for risk assessment. However, psychosocial issues are …

Characteristics and clinical implications of pleural effusions after lung transplantation: A retrospective analysis of 195 thoracocenteses in 113 patients

O Joean, MZ Kayser, C Valtin, R Ewen… - Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite advances in lung transplantation (LTx), morbidity, and mortality are high. We
hypothesized that pleural effusions requiring thoracocentesis lead to poor outcomes after LTx. We …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of Domiciliary Oxygen Therapy in Adults with Chronic Respiratory Diseases—Results of a Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study in Germany

J Gottlieb, H Schrepper, C Valtin, T Welte… - Deutsches Ärzteblatt …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods A cross-sectional study was performed in three hospitals with pulmonary departments
from June 2019 to April 2020 (MHH ethics committee 8469_BO_K_2019). The study …

[HTML][HTML] Disease progression in patients with the restrictive and mixed phenotype of Chronic Lung Allograft dysfunction—A retrospective analysis in five European …

J Gottlieb, GM Verleden, M Perchl, C Valtin, A Vallee… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD) is a major obstacle for long term
survival after lung transplantation (LTx). Besides Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome, two other …

A Before-and-After Study of Evidence-Based Recommendations for On-Call Bronchoscopy

CB Duesberg, C Valtin, J Fuge, F Logemann… - Respiration, 2021 - karger.com
Background: Bronchoscopy is widely used and regarded as standard of care in most intensive
care units (ICUs). Data concerning recommendations for on-call bronchoscopy are lacking…