title: Prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation use as a bridge to lung transplantation: it is time for a national registry.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venado
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
authors.forename: Charles W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hoopes
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Electronic address: diaze@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diaz-Guzman
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness / Q000401:mortality*; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D014850:Waiting Lists