Lung Allocation Score Predicts Survival in Lung Transplantation Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1757-1764

  Weiss, Eric S ^a   Allen, Jeremiah G ^a   Merlo, Christian A ^a,b   Conte, John V ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LUNG ALLOCATION SCORE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 71649095453     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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