Evaluation of operability before lung resection

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 321-326

  Bolliger, Chris Thomas ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Exercise testing; Lung resection; Preoperative evaluation; Pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALGORITHM; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EXERCISE TEST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; THORACOSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0038000530     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200307000-00013     Document Type: Review

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