Perioperative mortality after pneumonectomy: Analysis of risk factors and review of the literature

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 437-444

  Swartz, Daniel E ^a   Lachapelle, Kevin ^a   Sampalis, John ^a   Muider, David S ^a   Chiu, Ray C J ^a   Wilson, James ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031455832     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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