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[Current status of lung preservation for organ transplantation]. 1978

H J Grasshoff

This paper gives a survey of the development and the present state of the preservation of isolated lungs intended for transplantation. Hypothermal perfusion with a colloid-containing electrolyte solution, supplemented with certain additives, without ventilation of the preserved lung is obviously a technique that is ready to be used in practice. The present priorities in experimental research are: elaboration of a standardized preservation technique, of which the expenditure can be justified in a clinical transplantation program, and establishment of parameters for the control of its efficiency.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008168	Lung	Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood.	Lungs
D009926	Organ Preservation	The process by which organs are kept viable outside of the organism from which they were removed (i.e., kept from decay by means of a chemical agent, cooling, or a fluid substitute that mimics the natural state within the organism).	Organ Preservations,Preservation, Organ,Preservations, Organ
D010477	Perfusion	Treatment process involving the injection of fluid into an organ or tissue.	Perfusions
D003102	Colloids	Two-phase systems in which one is uniformly dispersed in another as particles small enough so they cannot be filtered or will not settle out. The dispersing or continuous phase or medium envelops the particles of the discontinuous phase. All three states of matter can form colloids among each other.	Hydrocolloids,Colloid,Hydrocolloid
D004573	Electrolytes	Substances that dissociate into two or more ions, to some extent, in water. Solutions of electrolytes thus conduct an electric current and can be decomposed by it (ELECTROLYSIS). (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)	Electrolyte
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014021	Tissue Preservation	The process by which a tissue or aggregate of cells is kept alive outside of the organism from which it was derived (i.e., kept from decay by means of a chemical agent, cooling, or a fluid substitute that mimics the natural state within the organism).	Preservation, Tissue,Preservations, Tissue,Tissue Preservations
D014184	Transplantation, Homologous	Transplantation between individuals of the same species. Usually refers to genetically disparate individuals in contradistinction to isogeneic transplantation for genetically identical individuals.	Transplantation, Allogeneic,Allogeneic Grafting,Allogeneic Transplantation,Allografting,Homografting,Homologous Transplantation,Grafting, Allogeneic
D016040	Lung Transplantation	The transference of either one or both of the lungs from one human or animal to another.	Grafting, Lung,Transplantation, Lung,Graftings, Lung,Lung Grafting,Lung Graftings,Lung Transplantations,Transplantations, Lung