A Scoring System to Predict the Risk of Prolonged Air Leak After Lobectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 204-209

  Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Varela, Gonzalo ^b   Refai, Majed ^a   Jimenez, Marcelo F ^b   Pompili, Cecilia ^a   Sabbatini, Armando ^a   Aranda, Jose Luis ^b  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOBECTOMY; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED AIR LEAK; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM;

AIR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77953602491     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.054     Document Type: Article

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