National emphysema treatment trial redux: Accentuating the positive

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 564-572

  Sanchez, Pablo Gerardo ^a   Kucharczuk, John Charles ^a   Su, Stacey ^a   Kaiser, Larry Robert ^a   Cooper, Joel David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMPHYSEMA; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG LOBE; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL EMPHYSEMA TREATMENT TRIAL DATABASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESIDUAL VOLUME; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDUAL VOLUME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955973335     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.03.050     Document Type: Article

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