Results of a prospective algorithm to remove chest tubes after pulmonary resection with high output

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-273

  Cerfolio, Robert James ^a   Bryant, Ayesha S ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEHYDRATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; TUBE; TUBE REMOVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHEST TUBES; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38649136216     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.08.066     Document Type: Article

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