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Introduction
The safety and efficacy of indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) in lung allograft recipients is under‐reported.
Methods
We performed a multicenter, retrospective analysis between 1/1/2010 and 6/1/2022 of consecutive IPCs placed in lung transplant recipients. Outcomes included incidence of infectious and non‐infectious complications and rate of auto‐pleurodesis.
Results
Seventy‐one...
Background
SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in the age group of 0–17 years contributes to approximately 22% of all laboratory‐confirmed SARS‐CoV‐2 infections. Fortunately, this age group has a lower death rate (0.5 per 100 000) that accounts for only 4% of the total deaths due to COVID‐19. Despite the low mortality rate in the pediatric population, children of minority groups represented 78% of the deaths highlighting...