Early removal of chest drainage tubes and oxygen support after a lobectomy for lung cancer facilitates earlier recovery of the 6-minute walking distance

Surgery Today

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 395-399

  Nomori, Hiroaki ^a   Horio, Hirotoshi ^a   Suemasu, Keiichi ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest tube; Clinical pathway; Lung cancer; Pulmonary function; Six minute walking test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; VITAL CAPACITY; WALKING;

AGED; CHEST TUBES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0035031327     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950170128     Document Type: Article

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