Safety of outpatient chest tube management of air leaks after pulmonary resection

American Surgeon

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 760-763

  Royer, Anna M ^a   Smith, Jeremy S ^a   Miller, Ashley ^a   Spiva, Marlana ^a   Holcombe, Jenny M ^a   Headrick, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; CHEST TUBE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROLONGED AIR LEAK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TUBE REMOVAL; WEDGE RESECTION; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR; AMBULATORY CARE; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; AIR; AMBULATORY CARE; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; CHEST TUBES; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938811521     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: 15559823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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