POINT: Should Patients With Advanced Lung Disease Be Offered Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as a Bridge to Transplant If They Have Not Yet Been Listed for Lung Transplant? Yes

Chest. 2020 Jul;158(1):35-38. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.12.049. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

Authors

Whitney D Gannon¹, John W Stokes², Matthew Bacchetta³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
² Departments of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
³ Departments of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 32654711
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.12.049

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Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Critical Care*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Humans
Lung Diseases / therapy*
Lung Transplantation*
Patient Selection
Tissue and Organ Procurement*
Waiting Lists*