Pulmonary embolization of microcrystalline cellulose in a lung transplant recipient

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 624-627

  Fields, Timothy A ^a   McCall, Shannon J ^a   Reams, B Diane ^a   Roggli, Victor L ^a,b   Palmer, Scott M ^a   Howell, David N ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; TABLET; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CELLULOSE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EXCIPIENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 18844425262     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.01.023     Document Type: Article

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