Salvage Intensive Care Following Initial Recovery from Pulmonary Resection: Is It Justified?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1039-1044

  Pilling, John E ^a   Martin Ucar, Antonio E ^a   Waller, David A ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOFILTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 1442300049     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01601-1     Document Type: Article

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