Impact of the lung allocation score on survival beyond 1 year

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2288-2294

  Maxwell, B G ^a   Levitt, J E ^a   Goldstein, B A ^a   Mooney, J J ^a   Nicolls, M R ^a   Zamora, M ^b   Valentine, V ^c   Weill, D ^a   Dhillon, G S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical research; ethics; health services and outcomes research; lung transplantation; organ allocation; organ transplantation in general; patient survival; practice; pulmonology; risk assessment; risk stratification; Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR); social sciences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG ALLOCATION SCORE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; SCORING SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84908211413     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12903     Document Type: Article

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