Journal article
Relation between Preoperative Inspiratory Lung Resistance and the Outcome of Lung-Volume–Reduction Surgery for Emphysema
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.338(17), pp.1181-1185
04/23/1998
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199804233381703
PMID: 9554858
Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which is estimated to affect 14 million persons in the United States, is “characterized by the presence of airflow obstruction due to chronic bronchitis or emphysema.”
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In chronic bronchitis, airflow is obstructed by inflammation and edema of the airway, hypersecretion of mucus, and constriction of bronchial smooth muscle. In emphysema, airflow is obstructed by the loss of elastic recoil and diminished airway tethering as a result of parenchymal destruction.
In recent years, surgery to reduce lung volume has been reintroduced to alleviate dyspnea and improve exercise tolerance in selected patients with emphysema.
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This operation, first suggested . . .
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Relation between Preoperative Inspiratory Lung Resistance and the Outcome of Lung-Volume–Reduction Surgery for Emphysema
- Creators
- Edward P IngenitoRandall B EvansStephen H LoringDavid W KaczkaJennifer D RodenhouseSimon C BodyDavid J SugarbakerSteven J MentzerMalcolm M DeCampJohn J Reilly
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, Vol.338(17), pp.1181-1185
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJM199804233381703
- PMID
- 9554858
- NLM abbreviation
- N Engl J Med
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/23/1998
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Radiology; Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984006492002771
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