Lung transplantation: The new lung-allocation system

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 473-478

  Stern, Eric ^a   Bhorade, Sangeeta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cystic fibrosis; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Lung transplantation; Lung allocation system; Organ donation; Primary pulmonary hypertension; Transplant waiting list

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 55249122759     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17476348.2.4.473     Document Type: Article

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