Thoracoscore fails to predict complications following elective lung resection

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1496-1501

  Bradley, Amy ^a   Marshall, Andrea ^b   Abdelaziz, Mahmoud ^a   Hussain, Khalid ^a   Agostini, Paula ^a   Bishay, Ehab ^a   Kalkat, Maninder ^a   Steyn, Richard ^a   Rajesh, Pala ^a   Dunn, Janet ^b   Naidu, Babu ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Morbidity; Mortality; Risk factors; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EUROPEAN SOCIETY OBJECTIVE SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOSCORE MORTALITY RISK MODEL; THORACOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY MEDICINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; ROC CURVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84871197539     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00218111     Document Type: Article

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