The role of NETT in emphysema research

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 385-392

  Wise, Robert A ^a,b   Drummond, M Bradley ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ASTHMA AND ALLERGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Clinical trials data monitoring committee; Cost benefit analysis; Lung volume reduction surgery; Randomized clinical trials

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GRANULOMATOSIS; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PLEURODESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THORAX SURGERY; TISSUE GROWTH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONECTOMY; PUBLISHING; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43449107722     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200709-153ET     Document Type: Review

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