Scholars@Duke
Katherine Young

Selected Publications

Invasive surgical site infections after lung transplantation: contemporary risk factors and associated clinical outcomes.

Journal Article JHLT Open · August 2025 BACKGROUND: Invasive primary surgical site infections (IP-SSI) complicate lung transplant (LT) surgery. Identification of IP-SSI risk factors is critical to IP-SSI prevention. METHODS: This single-center retrospective cohort study of adult patients who und ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Outcomes of lung transplantation from SARS-CoV-2 positive donors during the Omicron wave.

Journal Article JHLT Open · May 2025 Early observations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission via lung transplantation have led to frequent discard of lungs from donors with positive SARS-CoV-2 tests. We compared survival between lung transplant recipien ... Full text Link to item Cite

Perioperative Bleeding Risk in Lung Transplantation After Previous Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Journal Article Clin Transplant · April 2025 INTRODUCTION: Previous cardiothoracic surgery (CTS) is associated with a significant risk of perioperative bleeding in lung transplantation (LT). The types of prior surgery have not been well-defined. We aimed to quantify the risk of perioperative bleeding ... Full text Link to item Cite

West Nile Virus Encephalitis in a Lung Transplant Recipient

Conference JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION · 2025 Cite

Inadequate (Ax) Transbronchial Lung Transplant Biopsies-Scope and the Potential Contributing Factors.

Journal Article Transplant Proc · 2024 BACKGROUND: Transbronchial biopsy is the cornerstone for the evaluation of graft function after lung transplant and a standard of care to diagnose acute cellular rejection. However, the yield from these biopsies is variable, with about 15% to 50% of sample ... Full text Link to item Cite

Mycotic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Following ECMO Cannulation

Conference JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION · 2022 Cite

Gastroparesis Following Lung Transplant: A Single Center's Experience

Conference JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION · 2022 Cite

Mycophenolate Induced Colitis in a Lung Transplant Recipient

Conference AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · 2022 Cite

Lung Transplantation and the Era of the Sensitized Patient.

Journal Article Front Immunol · 2021 Long term outcomes in lung transplant are limited by the development of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD). Within the past several decades, antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) has been recognized as a risk factor for CLAD. The presence of HLA antibod ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite