Oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease does not prohibit aortic aneurysm repair

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-128

  Eskandari, Mark K ^a   Rhee, Robert Y ^a   Steed, David L ^a   Webster, Marshall W ^a   Muluk, Satish C ^a   Trachtenberg, Jeffrey D ^a   Hoffman, Robert M ^a   Makaroun, Michel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; OXYGEN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0032828296     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00130-0     Document Type: Article

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