1. Seizures in Lung Transplant Recipients
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Kevin Robertson, K. N. Olivier, John A. Messenheimer, Bradley V. Vaughn, Thomas M. Egan, Rudy P. Lackner, I. I. Ali, and Linda J. Paradowski
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Graft Rejection ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cystic Fibrosis ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Graft vs Host Disease ,Neurological examination ,Comorbidity ,Methylprednisolone ,Organ transplantation ,Epilepsy ,Risk Factors ,Seizures ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Transplantation, Homologous ,Lung transplantation ,Risk factor ,Retrospective Studies ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Age Factors ,Brain ,Retrospective cohort study ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Surgery ,Transplantation ,Neurology ,Blood-Brain Barrier ,Hypertension ,Cyclosporine ,Etiology ,Epilepsies, Partial ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,Lung Transplantation - Abstract
Summary: Purpose: We wished to assess organ transplant recipients, who incur a significant risk for seizures. Method: We reviewed 85 lung transplants performed in 81 patients at the University of North Carolina hospitals between 1991 and 1994. All patients were reviewed for age, reason for transplant, detailed description of seizures, neurological examination, medications, and laboratory results, including cyclosporine level, EEG, and brain imaging. Results: Eighteen of 81 (22%) patients experienced seizures. Patients aged
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- 1996
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