Successful Management of Immunosuppression in a Patient With Severe Hyperammonemia After Lung Transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 801-803

  Moffatt Bruce, Susan D ^a   Pesavento, Todd ^a   Von Viger, John ^a   Nunley, David ^a   Pope Harman, Amy ^a   Martin, Stanley ^a   Ross, Patrick ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGININE; ATORVASTATIN; CALCIUM OXIDE; CARNITINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOCUSATE SODIUM; ESOMEPRAZOLE; FLUDROCORTISONE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INSULIN GLARGINE; LACTULOSE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; METOPROLOL; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; OXYCODONE; PREDNISONE; RIFAXIMIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; SODIUM DERIVATIVE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UCEPHAN; VALGANCICLOVIR; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROPATHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; URINALYSIS; X RAY;

AMMONIA; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 45549089751     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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