Impact of the lung allocation score

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-280

  McShane, Pamelaj ^a   Garrity, Edwardr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

lung allocation score; lung donors; lung transplantation; priority score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ALLOCATION SCORE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATED PATIENT;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84879904775     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1348461     Document Type: Article

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