Preoperative Pulmonary Function Tests Do Not Predict Outcome after Coronary Artery Bypass

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 327-332

  Jacob, Badie ^a   Amoateng Adjepong, Yaw ^a   Rasakulasuriar, Sharmini ^a   Manthous, Constantine A ^a   Haddad, Raymond ^a,b  

^a BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031155760     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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