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Pediatric Lung Allocation: The Rest of the Story
Author(s) -
Sweet S. C.,
Barr M. L.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.12546
Subject(s) - medicine , rest (music) , lung , intensive care medicine
This editorial builds on the article by Snyder and colleagues (page 178) about the recently challenged pediatric lung transplant case by providing additional perspective on the arguments made by the family and data reviewed by the OPTN committees, as well as making recommendations regarding future modification of the pediatric lung policy.