Early donor management increases the retrieval rate of lungs for transplantation.

Venkateswaran, Rajamiyer V; Patchell, Val B; Wilson, Ian C; Mascaro, Jorge G; Thompson, Richard D; Quinn, David W; Stockley, Robert A; Coote, John H; Bonser, Robert S

Venkateswaran, Rajamiyer V; Patchell, Val B; Wilson, Ian C; Mascaro, Jorge G; Thompson, Richard D; Quinn, David W; Stockley, Robert A; Coote, John H; Bonser, Robert S.

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Venkateswaran RV; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Heart and Lung Transplantation Unit, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Ann Thorac Surg ; 85(1): 278-86; discussion 286, 2008 Jan.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18154823

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Lung Transplantation/methods; Methylprednisolone/administration & dosage; Organ Preservation/methods; Reperfusion Injury/prevention & control; Tissue Donors; Tissue and Organ Procurement/standards; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Analysis of Variance; Brain Death; Confidence Intervals; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Infusions, Intravenous; Intensive Care Units; Lung/drug effects; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Probability; Reference Values; Risk Factors; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tissue and Organ Procurement/trends; United Kingdom

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Organ Preservation / Tissue Donors / Tissue and Organ Procurement / Methylprednisolone / Reperfusion Injury / Lung Transplantation Type of study: Clinical_trials / Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Ann Thorac Surg Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: United kingdom

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