Effect of pre-transplantation prednisone on survival after lung transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-74

  McAnally, Kendra J ^a   Valentine, Vincent G ^a,b,c   LaPlace, Stephanie G ^a   McFadden, Paul M ^a   Seoane, Leonardo ^a,b   Taylor, David E ^a,b  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Lung Transplantation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 30044435985     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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