New telemetric system for daily pulmonary function surveillance of lung transplant recipients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2033-2038

  Wagner, Florian M ^a   Weber, Andreas ^a   Park, Jai Wun ^a   Schiemanck, Steffen ^a   Tugtekin, Sems M ^a   Gulielmos, Vassilios ^a   Schüler, Stephan ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPH; BRONCHITIS; FLOWMETER; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMETRY;

FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPIROMETRY; TELEMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0033388611     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01140-6     Document Type: Article

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