Gastroesophagealreflux (GER) is increasingly recognized as contributing to a number of
pulmonary disorders. The relationship of GER to pulmonary allograftdysfunction after lung
transplantation is unknown. In this report, wedescribe a lung transplant recipient who
developed an acute decline inpulmonary function several months after a retransplantation
for chronicrejection. A pulmonary workup at that time, including bronchoscopy withbiopsy,
revealed bronchial inflammation with no allograft rejection orinfection. Because of …