Gas exchange threshold as a predictor of severe postoperative complications after lung resection in mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-133

  Torchio, R ^a  

^a SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Gas exchange threshold; Lung resection; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION;

EID: 0031857614     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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