The National Emphysema Treatment Trial: Summary and Update

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-185

  Edwards, Melanie A ^a   Hazelrigg, Stephen ^b   Naunheim, Keith S ^c  

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

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emphysema; Lung volume reduction surgery; Surgery for emphysema; The National Emphysema Treatment; Trial

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VOLUME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY;

AGED; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66249143448     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2009.02.007     Document Type: Review

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