Late postoperative pleural effusion following lung transplantation: Characteristics and clinical implications

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 494-496

  Shitrit, David ^a   Izbicki, Gabriel ^a   Fink, Gershon ^a   Bendayan, Daniel ^a   Aravot, Dan ^a   Saute, Milton ^a   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Pleural effusion; Rejection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXUDATE; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORACOCENTESIS;

ADULT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037383177     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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