The impact of the lung allocation score on short-term transplantation outcomes: A multicenter study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 166-171

  Kozower, Benjamin D ^a   Meyers, Bryan F ^b   Smith, Michael A ^c   De Oliveira, Nilto C ^d   Cassivi, Stephen D ^e   Guthrie, Tracey J ^b   Wang, Honkung ^a   Ryan, Beverly J ^a   Shen, K Robert ^a   Daniel, Thomas M ^a   Jones, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ALLOCATION SCORE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 37549000121     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.08.044     Document Type: Article

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