Simple laboratory parameters which can determine the clinical state of patients after pneumonectomy for lung cancer

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-61

  Foroulis, Christophoros N ^a,c   Lioulias, Achilleas G ^b   Papakonstantinou, Christos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dyspnea on exertion; Forced expired lung volumes; Functional dyspnea; Pneumonectomy; Postpneumonectomy state; Right ventricle systolic pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG SEQUESTRATION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIROMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 61549140739     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181914d6a     Document Type: Article

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