Integrating survival and quality of life data in clinical trials of lung disease: The case of lung volume reduction surgery

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1094-1096

  Yusen, Roger D ^a,b   Littenberg, Benjamin ^a,c  

^a Washington University School of Medicine ^*

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EMPHYSEMA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MORTALITY; NOTE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STANDARD;

DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 19044381188     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.4.1094     Document Type: Editorial

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