Effects of recipient age and diagnosis on health-related quality-of-life benefit of lung transplantation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 965-973

  Singer, Lianne G ^a,b   Chowdhury, Noori A ^b   Faughnan, Marie E ^a,c,d   Granton, John ^a,b   Keshavjee, Shaf ^b,e   Marras, Theodore K ^a,b   Tullis, D Elizabeth ^a,c   Waddell, Thomas K ^b,e   Tomlinson, George ^a,b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Interstitial lung diseases; Obstructive lung diseases; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EQ 5D QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE ASSESSMENT; SHORT FORM 36; ST. GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD GAMBLE QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945552745     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201501-0126OC     Document Type: Article

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