… The impact of structural violence is even more obvious in the world’s poorest countries
and … AIDS and TB in Africa, the world’s poorest and most heavily burdened continent. Specifically, …

The appropriate selection of lung transplant recipients is an important determinant of outcomes.
This consensus document is an update of the recipient selection guidelines published in …

… Fischer S, Maclean AA, Liu M, Cardella JA, Slutsky AS, Suga M, Moreira JF, Keshavjee S.
Dynamic changes in apoptotic and necrotic cell death correlate with severity of ischemia-…

… The timing of referral depends on the individual patient and referring physician’s
impression of survival prospects and quality of life, and the patient’s desire for information. …

The American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Infectious
Diseases Society of America jointly sponsored the development of this guideline for the …

Background More than 80% of donor lungs are potentially injured and therefore not considered
suitable for transplantation. With the use of normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP), …

The production of guidelines for the management of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) fits the
mandate of the World Health Organization (WHO) to support countries in the reinforcement of …

ContextRecent clinical trials have demonstrated a decrease in multiple organ dysfunction
syndrome (MODS) and mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) …

Background Treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is lengthy, toxic,
expensive, and has generally poor outcomes. We undertook an individual patient data meta-…

Resident macrophages orchestrate homeostatic, inflammatory, and reparative activities. It is
appreciated that different tissues instruct specialized macrophage functions. However, …