Prediction of morbidity after lung resection in patients with lung cancer using fuzzy logic

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 368-374

  Turna, A ^a,c   Mercan, C A ^b   Bedirhan, M A ^a  

^a Yedikule Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c FETCS   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complication; Fuzzy logic; Lung cancer; Morbidity; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MODEL; MORBIDITY; OXYGEN TENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 28944453822     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865682     Document Type: Article

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