Respiratory failure and sepsis are the major causes of ICU admissions and mortality in survivors of lung transplants

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 504-509

  Pietrantoni, Celestino ^a   Minai, Omar A ^a   Yu, Nelson C ^a   Maurer, Janet R ^a   Haug III, Marcus T ^a   Mehta, Atul C ^a   Arroliga, Alejandro C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ARDS; Intensive care; Lung transplant; Respiratory failure; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECIPIENT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 0037331186     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.2.504     Document Type: Article

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