Exacerbation of pulmonary fibrosis following single lung transplantation

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Dawei ^a,b   Wilson, Jennifer M ^a   Bai, Chunxue ^b   Yee, John ^a   Wilcox, Pearce G ^a   Khalil, Nasreen ^a   Levy, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation; Lung transplantation; Nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MEROPENEM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AGED; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISONE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860536794     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/258485     Document Type: Article

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