Sputum retention after lung operation: Prospective, randomized trial shows superiority of prophylactic minitracheostomy in high-risk patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 196-203

  Bonde, Pramod ^a   Papachristos, Ioannis ^a   McCraith, Aveen ^a   Kelly, Barry ^a   Wilson, Carol ^a   McGuigan, James A ^a   McManus, Kieran ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SPUTUM; SPUTUM RETENTION; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; SPUTUM; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0036308981     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03612-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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