Functional evaluation before and after interventional bronchoscopy in patients with malignant central airway obstruction

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-73

  Diacon, A M ^a,b   Bolliger, C T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central airway obstruction; Functional evaluation; Interventional bronchoscopy; Intrabronchial treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035016525     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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