Assessing the benefit of accepting a single lung offer now compared with waiting for a subsequent double lung offer

Transplantation

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 921-926

  Wang, Qing ^a   Rogers, Chris A ^b,c   Bonser, Robert S ^d,e   Banner, Nicholas R ^b,f,g   Demiris, Nikolaos ^h   Sharples, Linda D ^a  

^a MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Lung transplantation; Organ allocation; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954775752     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31821060b5     Document Type: Article

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