Hamman-Rich syndrome surgery
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Chandrakala Yannam, MD [2]
Overview
Lung transplantation may be considered as an alternative treatment for patients with acute interstitial pneumonitis if the conventional therapy fails.
Surgery
Lung transplantation
- Lung transplantation may be considered as an alternative therapy if the patient with acute interstitial pneumonitis fails to respond with conventional therapy.[1]
References
- ↑ Avnon LS, Pikovsky O, Sion-Vardy N, Almog Y (January 2009). “Acute interstitial pneumonia-Hamman-Rich syndrome: clinical characteristics and diagnostic and therapeutic considerations”. Anesth. Analg. 108 (1): 232–7. doi:10.1213/ane.0b013e318188af7a. PMID 19095855.
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