A simple method to assess postoperative risk

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1057-1058

  Kinasewitz, Gary T ^a   Welch, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLIMBING; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0034796773     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.4.1057     Document Type: Editorial

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