• Crit Care · Jun 2002

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    What is the role of surfactant and inhaled nitric oxide in lung transplantation?

    • Martin Strüber.
    • Hannover Thoracic Transplant Program, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. strueber@thg.mh-hannover.de
    • Crit Care. 2002 Jun 1; 6 (3): 186-7.

    AbstractAlthough numerous studies over the past 40 years have addressed this problem, initial graft failure is still a key question in clinical lung transplantation. As a possible tool to avoid and treat initial graft failure after lung transplantation, laboratory evidence and clinical reports currently emphasize the role of substitution therapy of surfactant combined with inhaled nitric oxide.

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