Predictive value of interleukin-8 and granulocyte elastase in pulmonary complication after esophagectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-171

  Tsukada, Katsuhiko ^a   Hasegawa, Tadashi ^a   Miyazaki, Tatsuya ^a   Katoh, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshikawa, Minako ^a   Masuda, Norihiro ^a   Kuwano, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Esophagectomy; Granulocyte elastase; Interleukin 8; Pulmonary complication

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; GRANULOCYTE ELASTASE; GRANULOCYTE ENZYME; INTERLEUKIN 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0035046731     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(00)00558-4     Document Type: Article

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