Lung transplantation in Hong Kong: 12 Years of experience

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 903-907

  Wong, Chi Fong ^a   Fung, Siu Leung ^a   Yan, See Wan ^a   Lee, Joseph ^b   Cheng, Lik Cheung ^a   Chiu, Clement S W ^c  

^a GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Pedder Clinic ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c Pedder Clinic Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Complications; Hong Kong; Lung transplantation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 51349164433     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01360.x     Document Type: Article

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