Preoperative predictors of operative morbidity and mortality in COPD patients undergoing bilateral lung volume reduction surgery

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 550-558

  Szekely, Les A ^a   Oelberg, David A ^a   Wright, Cameron ^a   Johnson, Douglas C ^a   Wain, John ^a   Trotman Dickenson, Beatrice ^a   Shepard, Jo Anne ^a   Kanarek, David J ^a   Systrom, David ^a   Ginns, Leo C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bilateral pneumoplasty; COPD; emphysema; pneumoplasty; preoperative; volume reduction surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CARE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 8044254653     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.3.550     Document Type: Article

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