“Age” in lung transplantation: factors related to outcomes and other considerations

The age of lung transplant recipients is steadily increasing. Older donors are more frequently considered. The risk factors associated with advanced age in lung transplantation warrant discussion to ensure optimal outcomes in this complex endeavor. This report provides a summary of the pertinent top...

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Autores principales: Wigfield, Christopher H., Buie, Vanessa, Onsager, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2016
Materias:
Lungs Transplant (M Zamora, Section Editor)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27610336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13665-016-0151-y
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spelling pubmed-49924992016-09-06 “Age” in lung transplantation: factors related to outcomes and other considerations Wigfield, Christopher H. Buie, Vanessa Onsager, David Curr Pulmonol Rep Lungs Transplant (M Zamora, Section Editor) The age of lung transplant recipients is steadily increasing. Older donors are more frequently considered. The risk factors associated with advanced age in lung transplantation warrant discussion to ensure optimal outcomes in this complex endeavor. This report provides a summary of the pertinent topics and available evidence. Springer US 2016-08-13 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4992499/ /pubmed/27610336 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13665-016-0151-y Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992499/
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