Preoperative evaluation of patients with lung cancer undergoing thoracic surgery

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-52

  Batra, Vikas ^a   Kane, Gregory C ^a   Weibel, Sandra ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Lung neoplasm; Pneumonectomy; Preoperative care; Pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MORBIDITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT CODING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0036144635     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045413-200201000-00007     Document Type: Article

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