The potential role of ex vivo lung perfusion for the diagnosis of infection before lung transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Boffini, Massimo ^a   Bonato, Riccardo ^a   Rinaldi, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; HEPARIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYING; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; EX VIVO LUNG PERFUSION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADULT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MENINGITIS; PERFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY EDEMA; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 84892366481     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12232     Document Type: Letter

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