Experience in the intensive management of early postoperative lung transplantation patients of the Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa Group of Porto Alegre, Brazil

After James Hardy's pioneer initiative (1963) and the advance of lung preservation techniques, the progress of immuno-suppressive treatment with the discovery of cyclosporine and the implementation of international guidelines for the selection of lung transplantation donors and candidates [1-3], lung transplantation became the treatment of choice for many lung diseases in the terminal state. However, lung transplantation morbidity and mortality rates remain elevated, and early postoperative state care is indispensable for a positive outcome. The aim of the present study is to examine the experience in the intensive management of early postoperative lung transplantation patients of the Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa Group of Porto Alegre, Brazil.