Survival after bilateral versus single-lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 767-774

  Thabut, Gabriel ^a   Christie, Jason D ^b   Ravaud, Philippe ^a   Castier, Yves ^a   Dauriat, Gaëlle ^a   Jebrak, Gilles ^a   Fournier, Michel ^a   Lesèche, Guy ^a   Porcher, Raphaël ^c   Mal, Hervé ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71749090281     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-11-200912010-00004     Document Type: Article

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