Evaluation of the lung allocation score in highly urgent and urgent lung transplant candidates in Eurotransplant

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-28

  Smits, Jacqueline M ^a   Nossent, George D ^b   Vries, Erwin De ^a   Rahmel, Axel ^a   Meiser, Bruno ^c   Strueber, Martin ^d   Gottlieb, Jens ^d  

^a EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

LAS; lung transplantation; organ allocation; overall mortality; post transplant mortality; waiting list mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649961302     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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