Chronic hypercapnia should not exclude patients from lung volume reduction surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-112

  Wisser, Wilfried ^a   Klepetko, Walter ^a   Senbaklavaci, Ömer ^a   Wanke, Theo ^b   Gruber, Eva ^a   Tschernko, Edda ^a   Wolner, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diffuse emphysema; Hypercapnia; Lung volume reduction surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031716149     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(98)00155-9     Document Type: Article

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