Size reduction of donor organs in pediatric lung transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 364-368

  Mueller, Carsten ^a   Hansen, Gesine ^a   Ballmann, Manfred ^a   Schwerk, Nicolaus ^a   Simon, Andre R ^a   Goerler, Heidi ^a   Strueber, Martin ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung transplantation; Pediatrics; Reduced size lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BIOSAFETY; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN SIZE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PLEURISY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DONOR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LUNG; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77950667480     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01242.x     Document Type: Article

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