Availability of Lungs for Transplantation: Exploring the Real Potential of the Donor Pool

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 662-667

  Snell, Gregory I ^a   Griffiths, Anne ^a   Levvey, Bronwyn J ^a   Oto, Takahiro ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COOPERATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 43949124856     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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