Treatment of severe acute lung allograft rejection with OKT3 and temporary extracorporeal membrane oxygenation bridging

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 184-187

  Aigner, Clemens ^a   Jaksch, Peter ^a   Mazhar, Samy ^a   Czebe, Kriztina ^a   Marta, Gabriel ^a   Taghavi, Sharokh ^a   Lang, Georg ^a   Klepetko, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Lung transplantation; OKT3; Steroid resistant rejection

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; OKT 3;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTILATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUROMONAB-CD3;

EID: 1642493832     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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