Impact of lung allocation score on survival in cystic fibrosis lung transplant recipients

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1436-1441

  Braun, Andrew T ^a   Dasenbrook, Elliott C ^b,c   Shah, Ashish S ^a   Orens, Jonathan B ^a   Merlo, Christian A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Div Pulmon and Critical Care Med   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cystic fibrosis; lung transplantation; mechanical ventilation; organ allocation; transplant candidacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; LUNG ALLOCATION SCORE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION; TRENDS;

ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84946481915     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.05.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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