The values of intrapleural pressure before the removal of chest tube in non-complicated pulmonary lobectomies

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 831-833

  Refai, Majed ^a   Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Varela, Gonzalo ^b   Novoa, Nuria ^b   Pompili, Cecilia ^a   Jimenez, Marcelo F ^b   Aranda, José Luis ^b   Sabbatini, Armando ^a  

^a United Hospitals of Ancona   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chest tube removal; Digitalized chest drainage systems; Intrapleural pressure; Pulmonary lobectomies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CHEST TUBE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; LUNG RESECTION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE; SUCTION; TUBE; VITAL CAPACITY;

CHEST TUBES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; PLEURAL CAVITY; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84862333525     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr056     Document Type: Article

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