Spirometry in surgery for anterior mediastinal masses

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1152-1156

  Hnatiuk, Oleh W ^a   Corcoran, Phillip C ^a   Sierra, Angel ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior mediastinal mass; Preoperative spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0034786457     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.4.1152     Document Type: Article

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