Pretransplant six-minute walk test predicts peri- and post-operative outcomes after pediatric lung transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-40

  Yimlamai, Dean ^a   Freiberger, Dawn A ^a   Gould, Anne ^a   Zhou, Jing ^a   Boyer, Debra ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

lung transplantation; pediatrics; six minute walk test; survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; SURVIVAL; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872762535     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/petr.12010     Document Type: Article

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