Chest physiotherapy revisited: Evaluation of its influence on the pulmonary morbidity after pulmonary resection

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-134

  Novoa, Nuria ^a   Ballesteros, Esther ^a   Jiménez, Marcelo F ^a   Aranda, José Luis ^a   Varela, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chest physiotherapy; Postoperative morbidity; Pulmonary lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING EXERCISE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PNEUMONECTOMY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958011073     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.11.028     Document Type: Article

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