Fibrothorax and severe lung restriction secondary to lupus pleuritis and its successful treatment by pleurectomy

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 335-337

  Sharma, Sat ^a   Smith, Robert ^a   Al Hameed, Fahad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pleurectomy; Pleuritis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECORTICATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036760120     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/740878     Document Type: Article

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