Patients at high risk of death after lung-volume-reduction surgery

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1075-1083

  Fishman, Alfred ^a   Fessler, Henry ^b   Martinez, Fernando ^c   McKenna Jr , Robert J ^d   Naunheim, Keith ^e   Piantadosi, Steven ^b,g   Weinmann, Gail ^f   Wise, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NETT Coordinating Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

AGED; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035846315     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa11798     Document Type: Article

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