The effect of recipient's age on lung transplant outcome

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1271-1277

  Gutierrez, C ^a   Al Faifi, S ^b   Chaparro, C ^c   Waddell, T ^c   Hadjiliadis, D ^c   Singer, L ^a   Keshavjee, S ^c   Hutcheon, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age factors; BOS; Immunosuppression; Life expectancy; Rejection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SARCOIDOSIS; SCLERODERMA; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247375634     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01681.x     Document Type: Article

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