Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction part VI: Treatment

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1489-1500

  Shargall, Yaron ^a   Guenther, Grisha ^b   Ahya, Vivek N ^c   Ardehali, Abbas ^d   Singhal, Arun ^c   Keshavjee, Shaf ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; CAPTOPRIL; CYCLIC GMP; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIN 1; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GINKGOLIDE B; HEMOGLOBIN; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; SURFACTANT; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPHYSEMA; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OXYGENATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY LUNG GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTITHROMBIN III; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FLUID THERAPY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; NITRIC OXIDE; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTAGLANDINS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT; REOPERATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 25844530262     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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