Target audience
- Pulmonary physicians
- Thoracic surgeons
- Anaesthesiologists
- Critical care physicians
- Trainees in the above specialties
- Nurses
- Coordinators
- Physiotherapists
Educational aims
This course provides state-of-the-art knowledge of various
issues, including referral and selection criteria for potential
lung transplant candidates; supply, management and selection of
suitable donor organs; early and long-term management issues of
lung transplant recipients; management of immunosuppression and
its side effects; and organisational structure and practical
aspects of running of a lung transplant programme.