AIRFIX®: the first digital postoperative chest tube airflowmetry-a novel method to quantify air leakage after lung resection

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 867-872

  Anegg, Udo ^a   Lindenmann, Jorg ^a   Matzi, Veronika ^a   Mujkic, Dzenana ^a   Maier, Alfred ^a   Fritz, Lukas ^b   Smolle Jüttner, Freyja Maria ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airflowmetry; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary air leaks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREATHING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEVICE REMOVAL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETER; FORCED EXPIRATION; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SUCTION DRAINAGE; THORAX DRAINAGE; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; TUBE;

CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHEST TUBES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 33646573947     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.03.026     Document Type: Article

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