The risk of death due to cardiorespiratory causes increases with time after right pneumonectomy: A propensity score-matched analysis

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-97

  Rodríguez, María ^a   Gómez, María Teresa ^a   Jiménez, Marcelo F ^a   Aranda, José Luis ^a   Novoa, Nuria ^a   Varela, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

30 day mortality; 6 month mortality; 90 day mortality; In hospital mortality; Pneumonectomy; Postoperative morbidity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CANCER PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

30-DAY MORTALITY; 6-MONTH MORTALITY; 90-DAY MORTALITY; IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE MORBIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84879584340     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs620     Document Type: Article

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