Bronchoscopic intervention obviates the need for continued mechanical ventilation in patients with airway obstruction and respiratory failure from inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer

Respiration

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-61

  Murgu, Septimiu ^a,b   Langer, Stephanie ^a   Colt, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway stents; Bronchoscopy; Central airway obstruction; Non small cell lung cancer; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY EXTUBATION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 84863522261     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339316     Document Type: Article

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