Objective assessment of criteria for selection of donor lungs suitable for transplantation

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 434-437

  Fisher, A J ^b   Donnelly, S C ^c   Pritchard, G ^b   Dark, J H ^b   Corris, P A ^a,b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUTROPHIL; ORGAN DONOR; OXYGENATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST;

ADULT; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 2442558399     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.007542     Document Type: Article

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