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Predicting Primary Graft Dysfunction After Lung Transplantation

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: In Brief Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) remains the leading cause of early morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation and extravascular lung water indexed for ideal body weight is one of the best predictors of grade 3 PGD early after lung transplantation.

Source: Transplantation

DOI: 10.1097/tp.0000000000001523

Author: Joshua Matthew Diamond

Institution: University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute