Preoperative pulmonary evaluation of liver transplant candidates: Results from 341 adult patients

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 88-96

  Bozbas, Serife Savas ^a   Yilmaz, Eylul Bozkurt ^a   Dogrul, Ilgaz ^a   Ergur, Figen Ozturk ^a   Savas, Nurten ^a   Eyuboglu, Fusun ^a   Haberal, Mehmet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Liver transplant; Respiratory system

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD PUGH CLASSIFICATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORTHODEOXIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054873238     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/aot.882000     Document Type: Article

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