Strategies to reduce pulmonary complications after esophagectomy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 39, 2013, Pages 6509-6514

  Weijs, Teus J ^a   Ruurda, Jelle P ^a   Nieuwenhuijzen, Grard A P ^b   van Hillegersberg, Richard ^a   Luyer, Misha D P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Complications; Esophagectomy; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE INHIBITOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; EDEMA; EDITORIAL; ENTERIC FEEDING; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALNUTRITION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCLE TRAINING; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; SPUTUM CULTURE; TIDAL VOLUME; VOMITING;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; COMPLICATIONS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; PNEUMONIA;

ESOPHAGECTOMY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886910520     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i39.6509     Document Type: Editorial

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