The impact of chest tube removal on pain and pulmonary function after pulmonary resection

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 820-823

  Refai, Majed ^a   Brunelli, Alessandro ^a   Salati, Michele ^a   Xiumè, Francesco ^a   Pompili, Cecilia ^a   Sabbatini, Armando ^a  

^a United Hospitals of Ancona   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest tube removal; Dynamic pain; FEV1; Pulmonary resection; Static pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; KETOROLAC; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEST TUBE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUMERIC PAIN SCALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEGMENTECTOMY; SPIROMETER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; TUBE REMOVAL; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; WEDGE RESECTION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TUBE;

AGED; ANALGESICS; CHEST PAIN; CHEST TUBES; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862336928     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr126     Document Type: Article

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