Estimating the risk of prolonged air leak after pulmonary resection using a simple scoring system

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1027-1032

  Lee, Lawrence ^a   Hanley, Stephen C ^a   Robineau, Catherine ^a   Sirois, Christian ^a   Mulder, David S ^a   Ferri, Lorenzo E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE DIFFUSING CAPACITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED AIR LEAK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; THORACOTOMY; TISSUE ADHESION; VALIDATION STUDY; WEDGE RESECTION;

AGED; AIR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CARBON MONOXIDE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUCTION; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

EID: 79957588526     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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