Medical intensive care for lung cancer patients: better than we thought?

Future Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-144

  Soubani, Ayman O ^a   Adam, Abdulgadir K ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LACTIC ACID;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADVANCED CANCER; APACHE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; FEMALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 43049105465     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14796694.4.2.141     Document Type: Editorial

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