Effect of the Leukostop® filter on pulmonary function following blood transfusion in patients with thalassemia major

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-281

  Kivity, Shmuel ^a,c   Gazy, Chir ^b   Heno, Nawaf ^b   Greif, Zvi ^b   Topilsky, Marcel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Nahariya Hospital Israel   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Hemoglobinopathies; Leukostop device; Obstructive airway disease; Pulmonary function; Thalassemia major

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OXIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032588912     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199910)28:4<277::AID-PPUL7>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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