Airway obstruction and stenting: More complex than we thought?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1081-1082

  Ernst, Armin ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ATELECTASIS; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEA OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442499697     PISSN: 00030805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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