Paediatric lobar lung transplantation: Addressing the paucity of donor organs

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-175

  Keating, Dominic T ^a,b   Westall, Glen P ^a   Marasco, Silvana F ^a   Burton, Jacquie H ^a,b   Buckland, Mark R ^a,b   Robertson, Colin F ^c   Williams, Trevor J ^a,b   Snell, Gregory I ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTUBATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 50249126784     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01957.x     Document Type: Article

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