Improving survival outcomes in lung transplant recipients through early detection of bronchiolitis obliterans: Daily home spirometry versus standard pulmonary function testing

Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-22

  Robson, Kevin S ^a,b   West, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Victoria General Hospital Winnipeg   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans; Forced expiratory volume; Home monitoring; Lung transplantation; Rejection; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 84938572000     PISSN: 12059838     EISSN: 23686820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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