Outcomes, health-care resources use, and costs of endoscopic removal of metallic airway stents

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 350-356

  Alazemi, Saleh ^a   Lunn, William ^b   Majid, Adnan ^a   Berkowitz, David ^a   Michaud, Gaetane ^a   Feller Kopman, David ^c   Herth, Felix ^d   Ernst, Armin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METAL AIRWAY STENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT;

EID: 77955043075     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-2682     Document Type: Article

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