Initial experience with transplantation of lungs recovered from donors after euthanasia

Applied Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-48

  Van Raemdonck, Dirk ^a   Verleden, G M ^a   Dupont, L ^a   Ysebaert, D ^b   Monbaliu, D ^a   Neyrinck, A ^a   Coosemans, W ^a   Decaluwe, H ^a   De Leyn, P ^a   Nafteux, P ^a   Lerut, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Donation after brain death; Donation after cardiac death; End of life; Euthanasia; Lung transplantation; Nonheart beating donors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR; DONOR AFTER CARDIAC DEATH; EUTHANASIA; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARM ISCHEMIC TIME;

EID: 79955137122     PISSN: 09205268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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