The effect of donor age on survival after lung transplantation

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 415-417

  Izbicki, Gabriel ^a   Shitrit, David ^a   Aravot, Dan ^a   Fink, Gershon ^a   Saute, Milton ^a   Idelman, Leonid ^a   Bakal, Ilana ^a   Sulkes, Jaqueline ^a   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Donor; Donor criteria; Lung transplantation; Older donors; Organ shortage; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HOSPITALS; PATIENT MONITORING; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

DONORS; HOSPITALIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CODING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0036278802     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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