Description
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Lung Transplantation presents the most current and up-to-date evidence regarding the diagnosis and management of BOS. In-depth chapters provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the definition and changing perceptions of the nature of BOS as a clinical and pathologic entity, immune and non-immune mechanisms that have been identified as risk factors for the development of BOS, and interventions that may prove to be clinically useful for the prevention or treatment of BOS. In addition to outlining the current state of knowledge, each chapter provides the reader with the most current and ongoing research in the field as well as identifies areas where future research is needed. Written by an international group of expert authors, Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Lung Transplantation is an important new text, that is essential reading for pulmonologists, primary care practitioners, respiratory care practitioners and clinical researchers. 1. Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome and Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction: Evolving Concepts and Nomenclature Keith C. Meyer and Allan R. Glanville 2. Airway Pathology in Lung Transplants Amir Lagstein and Jeffrey Myers 3. Non-Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Forms of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Gregory I. Snell, Bronwyn J. Levvey, Glen P. Westall 4. The Role of Thoracic Imaging in the Diagnosis of BOS and Related Disorders Jeffrey P. Kanne 5. Making a Confident Diagnosis of Obliterative Bronchiolitis A. Whitney Brown and Steven D. Nathan 6. The Role of Alloimmune T-Cell Responses in Obliterative Bronchiolitis Tereza Martinu 7. Antibody-Mediated Rejection and the Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Henry W. Ainge-Allen and Allan R. Glanville 8. Innate Immune Responses and Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Jamie L. Todd and Scott M. Palmer 9. Mechanisms of Fibrogenesis in Post-Transplant Bronchiolitis Obliterans Anish Wadhwa and Vibha N. Lama 10. The Role of Autoimmunity in the Pathogenesis of Obliterative Bronchiolitis Rudolf K. Braun, Keith C. Meyer, and William J. Burlingham 11. The Role of Infections in BOS Robin K. Avery 12. Gastroesophageal Reflux and Aspiration in Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction and Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome: Detection and Treatment Frank D’Ovidio and Beatrice Aramini 13. Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Children Paul D. Robinson and Paul Aurora 14. Immunosuppression for the Prevention and Treatment of BOS Sangeeta M. Bhorade 15. Macrolides for the Prevention and Treatment of BOS Robin Vos, Stijn E. Verleden, David Ruttens, Bart M. Vanaudenaerde, and Geert M. Verleden 16. Other Treatments for Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Ramsey Hachem
