Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 201-208 , May 2005

Decision support for the triage of lung transplant recipients on the basis of home-monitoring spirometry and symptom reporting

  • Stanley M. Finkelstein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stanley M. Finkelstein, PhD, Division of Health Informatics, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, MMC 609, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
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  • Anthony Scudiero, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Bruce Lindgren, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Mariah Snyder, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Marshall I. Hertz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 Supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grant RO1 NR02128.

PII: S0147-9563(04)00178-5

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2004.09.003

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 201-208 , May 2005

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