What's to Lose When We Choose: Decision-making in Lung Transplantation

Alexandra H Toporek¹, Christian A Merlo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, and.
² Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

Editorial

Alexandra H Toporek et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;20(2):200-201.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202211-962ED.

Alexandra H Toporek¹, Christian A Merlo^{1

2}

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, and.
² Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

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A Conceptual Model for Sources of Differential Selection in Lung Transplant Allocation.
Schnellinger EM, Cantu E, Kimmel SE, Szymczak JE. Schnellinger EM, et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Feb;20(2):226-235. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202202-105OC. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023. PMID: 36044711 Free PMC article.

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