Incidence, management and clinical outcomes of patients with airway complications following lung transplantation

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1198-1205

  Moreno, Paula ^a   Alvarez, Antonio ^a   Algar, Francisco Javier ^a   Cano, José Ramón ^a   Espinosa, Dionisio ^a   Cerezo, Francisco ^a   Baamonde, Carlos ^a   Salvatierra, Angel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Airway complications; Bronchial anastomosis; Lung preservation; Lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEFLAZACORT; DEZACOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION; LOBECTOMY; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG DEHISCENCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG MALACIA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTOR; STENOSIS; STENT; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55949121274     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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