Obesity and primary graft dysfunction: Weighing the evidence

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 994-996

  Kotloff, Robert M ^a   Heffner, John E ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OBESITY; PRIMARY GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 81055155551     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201108-1431ED     Document Type: Editorial

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