Renal Outcomes After Lung or Combined Heart-Lung Transplantation in Pulmonary Hypertension.

Renal impairment is considered a contra-indication for lung (LTX) or combined heart-lung (HLTX) transplantation due to increased mortality. We hypothesized that renal impairment in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is the result of reduced cardiac output and should be partly reversible after LTX. We performed a retrospective analysis in 67 consecutive PAH and CTEPH patients who underwent (H)LTX, to investigate the postoperative evolution of renal function in function of baseline renal function using a mixed model effect test.

ERS International Congress 2020 Virtual: highlights from the Respiratory Intensive Care Assembly.

During the virtual European Respiratory Society Congress 2020, early career members summarised the sessions organised by the Respiratory Intensive Care Assembly. The topics covered included diagnostic strategies in patients admitted to the intensive care unit with acute respiratory failure, with a focus on patients with interstitial lung disease and for obvious reasons, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. These sessions are summarised in this article, with take-home messages highlighted.

COVID-19-Associated Eosinopenia in a Patient With Chronic Eosinophilia Due to Chronic Strongyloidiasis.

Eosinopenia was frequently encountered in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We describe a case of a 59-year-old man who was treated with high-dose corticosteroids and anti-interleukin 1 receptor antagonist therapy because of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome due to a so-called cytokine storm in COVID-19. He had chronic eosinophilia for many years due to an unknown infection, proven by serology and a positive polymerase chain reaction test on a stool sample.

Even if it looks like COVID-19, think again: the importance of differential diagnosis during a pandemic.

Introduction: Antisynthetase syndrome (ASSD) is a rare auto-immune condition that can present as interstitial lung disease (ILD) and progress into Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

Importance: The purpose of this clinical case is to highlight the importance of considering less prevalent causes of ARDS amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Case Report: We present a 56-year-old Belgian female of African descent without past medical history who demonstrated typical signs of COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic.