Reliability for grading acute rejection and airway inflammation after lung transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 652-657

  Chakinala, Murali M ^a   Ritter, Jon ^a   Gage, Brian F ^a   Aloush, Aviva A ^a   Hachem, Ramsey H ^a   Lynch, John P ^a   Patterson, G Alexander ^a   Trulock, Elbert P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 20444421849     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. M. Estenne, J.R. Maurer, A. Boehler Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome 2001 an update of the diagnostic criteria J Heart Lung Transplant 21 2002 297 310
2. E. Trulock, L. Edwards, D. Taylor The registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation twentieth official adult lung and heart-lung transplant report - 2003 J Heart Lung Transplant 22 2003 625 635
3. S.A. Yousem, G.J. Berry, E.M. Brunt A working formulation for the standardization of nomenclature in the diagnosis of heart and lung rejection lung rejection study group J Heart Transplant 9 1990 593 601
4. S.A. Yousem, G.J. Berry, P.T. Cagle Lung Rejection Study Group Revision of the 1990 working formulation for the classification of pulmonary allograft rejection J Heart Lung Transplant 15 1996 1 15
5. A. Stephenson, J. Flint, J. English Interpretation of transbronchial lung biopsies in lung transplant recipients inter-observer agreement (abstract) Am J Respir Crit Care Med 163 2001 A808
6. M. Chakinala, J. Ritter, B. Gage, A. Aloush, E. Trulock Inter-reader and intra-reader agreement for grading acute rejection and airway inflammation after lung transplantation, based on the Lung Rejection Study Group Revised Working Formulation (abstract) J Heart Lung Transplant 22 1S 2003 S96
7. P.M. Hopkins, C.L. Aboyoun, P.N. Chhajed Prospective analysis of 1,235 transbronchial lung biopsies in lung transplant recipients J Heart Lung Transplant 21 2002 1062 1067
8. A. De Hoyos, D. Chamberlain, R. Schwartzman Prospective assessment of a standardized pathologic grading system for acute rejection in lung transplantation Chest 103 1993 1813 1818
9. G.L. Winters, B.M. McManus Consistencies and controversies in the application of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation working formulation for heart transplant biopsy specimens. Rapamycin Cardiac Rejection Treatment Trial Pathologists J Heart Lung Transplant 15 1996 728 735
10. A.J. Demetris, E.C. Seaberg, K.P. Batts Reliability and predictive value of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Liver Transplantation Database nomenclature and grading system for cellular rejection of liver allografts Hepatology 21 1995 408 416
11. D.S. Kukafka, G.M. O'Brien, S. Furukawa, G.J. Criner Surveillance bronchoscopy in lung transplant recipients Chest 111 1997 377 381
12. A.N. Husain, M.T. Siddiqui, E.W. Holmes Analysis of risk factors for the development of bronchiolitis obliterans Am J Respir Crit Care Med 159 1999 829 833
13. D.J. Ross, A. Marchevsky, M. Kramer, R.M. Kass "Refractoriness" of airflow obstruction associated with isolated lymphocytic bronchiolitis/bronchitis in pulmonary allografts J Heart Lung Transplant 16 1997 832 838
14. R.A. Girgis, I. Tu, G.J. Berry Risk factors for the development of obliterative bronchiolitis after lung transplantation J Heart Lung Transplant 15 1996 1200 1208
15. T.J. Kroshus, V.R. Kshettry, K. Savik, R. John, M.I. Hertz, R.M. Bolman III Risk factors for the development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 114 1997 195 202