title: Lung transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe recent advances in lung transplantation relevant to anesthesiologists.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There is recent literature describing medical, surgical, anesthetic and critical care of lung transplant recipients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There have been substantial changes in preoperative selection and preparation of lung transplant recipients; these include donation after cardiac death, and improved lung-preservation solutions. Newer immunosuppression regimens have been successfully evaluated in clinical trials. Particular advances in anesthesia include endorsement of fluid restriction in thoracic surgery, greater use of transesophageal echocardiography, and postoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. p.myles@alfred.org.au
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Myles
authors.forename: Greg I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Snell
authors.forename: Glen P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Westall
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D003422:Critical Care; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D009926:Organ Preservation; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome