Lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis: An update and practical considerations for referring candidates

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 365-370

  Shapiro, Bertrand J ^a   Veeraraghavan, Srihari ^a   Barbers, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CADAVER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LIVING DONOR; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; CADAVER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SINUSITIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033227029     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199911000-00008     Document Type: Article

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