Digital measurements of air leak flow and intrapleural pressures in the immediate postoperative period predict risk of prolonged air leak after pulmonary lobectomy

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 584-588

  Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Cassivi, Stephen D ^b   Salati, Michele ^a   Fibla, Juan ^b   Pompili, Cecilia ^a   Halgren, Lisa A ^b   Wigle, Dennis A ^b   Di Nunzio, Luca ^a  

^a Ospedali Riuniti Ancona   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Air leak; Chest drains; Digital measurements; Pleural pressure; Pulmonary lobectomy

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR LEAK FLOW; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED AIR LEAK; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX PRESSURE; TUBE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

AGED; AIR; CHEST TUBES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952533937     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.07.025     Document Type: Article

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