Tracheobronchial stenting in the terminal care of cancer patients with central airways obstruction

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1811-1814

  Vonk Noordegraaf, Anton ^a   Postmus, Pieter E ^a   Sutedja, Tom G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Palliative treatment; Tracheobronchial cancer; Tracheobronchial stents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035680757     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.6.1811     Document Type: Article

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