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Reassessing the BODE score as a criterion for listing COPD patients for lung transplantation

BACKGROUND: The BODE score (incorporating body mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea and exercise capacity) is used for the timing of listing for lung transplantation (LTx) in COPD, based on survival data from the original BODE cohort. This has limitations, because the original BODE cohort differ...

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Autores principales: Pirard, Lionel, Marchand, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30573956
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S182483