Impact of Advanced Age in Lung Transplantation: An Analysis of United Network for Organ Sharing Data

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-409

  Weiss, Eric S ^a   Merlo, Christian A ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 60149096638     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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