Impact of interventional bronchoscopy on quality of life in malignant airway obstruction

Respiration

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 421-428

  Amjadi, Kayvan ^a,b,d   Voduc, Nha ^b   Cruysberghs, Yves ^a   Lemmens, Roel ^a   Fergusson, Dean A ^c   Doucette, Steve ^c   Noppen, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway stenting; Interventional pulmonology; Lung cancer; Malignant airway obstruction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 56649115882     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000152832     Document Type: Article

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