Lung transplantation in children and young adults: A 20-year single-centre experience

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 462-469

  Gruber, Saskia ^a   Eiwegger, Thomas ^a   Nachbaur, Edith ^a   Tiringer, Kerstin ^a   Aigner, Clemens ^b   Jaksch, Peter ^b   Keplinger, Maya ^b   Klepetko, Walter ^b   Lang, György ^b   Taghavi, Shahrokh ^b   Graf, Alexandra ^b   Eichler, Irmgard ^a   Frischer, Thomas ^a   Szépfalusi, Zsolt ^a  

^a UNIV KLIN KINDER JUGENDHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Cystic fibrosis; Lung transplantation; Single centre

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CD3 ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRIA; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETRANSPLANTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864763528     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00092211     Document Type: Article

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