Lung Clearence Index is Sensitive to Small Airway Disease in Pediatric Lung Transplant Recipients

Background The principal obstacle to long term survival after lung transplant is chronic lung allograft dysfunction, which primarily affects the small airways. Post-transplant patients are monitored with spirometry, which is a generally insensitive detector of small airways obstruction. The lung cle...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of heart and lung transplantation 2017
Hauptverfasser:	Kao, Julia E, Zirbes, Jacquelyn M., DNP, Conrad, Carol K., MD, Milla, Carlos E., MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Surgery
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