Relation between preoperative inspiratory lung resistance and the outcome of lung-volume-reduction surgery for emphysema

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1181-1185

  Ingenito, Edward P ^a   Evans, Randall B ^a   Loring, Stephen H ^b   Kaczka, David W ^a   Rodenhouse, Jennifer D ^b   Body, Simon C ^a   Sugarbaker, David J ^a   Mentzer, Steven J ^a   Decamp, Malcolm M ^a   Reilly Jr , John J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESISTANCE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0032559944     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199804233381703     Document Type: Article

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