Chest computed tomography scores are predictive of survival in patients with cystic fibrosis awaiting lung transplantation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1096-1103

  Loeve, Martine ^a,b   Hop, Wim C J ^b   De Bruijne, Marleen ^b,c   Van Hal, Peter T W ^b   Robinson, Phil ^d   Aitken, Moira L ^e   Dodd, Jonathan D ^f   Tiddens, Harm A W M ^a,b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Lung disease; Lung transplantation; Tomography X ray computed; Waiting list survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG BULLA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861369556     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201111-2065OC     Document Type: Article

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