Use of endobronchial valves for native lung hyperinflation associated with respiratory failure in a single-lung transplant recipient for emphysema

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 214-216

  Crespo, Maria M ^a,c   Johnson, Bruce A ^a   McCurry, Kenneth R ^b   Landreneau, Rodney J ^b   Sciurba, Frank C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Emphysema; Endobronchial valve; Lung transplant; Native lung hyperinflation; Volume reduction

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VALVE; VENTILATED PATIENT;

EID: 33846316329     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-1171     Document Type: Article

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