Lung transplantation in a Jehovah's witness. Case report in a twinning procedure

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-134

  Grande, A M ^a   Rinaldi, M ^a   D'Armini, A M ^a   Pellegrini, C ^a   Vigano M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Lung transplantation; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; APROTININ; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RELIGION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038746704     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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