Acute effects of lobectomy on right ventricular ejection fraction and mixed venous oxygen saturation.

<b>Background: </b>Traditional methods of assessing the operative risk for lung resection provide only a modest ability to predict postoperative morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of lobectomy on pulmonary hemodynamic and gas exchange variables usin...

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Main Authors: Mageed Nabil, El-Ghonaimy Yasser, Elgamal Mohamed-Adel, Hamza Usama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2005-01-01
Series:Annals of Saudi Medicine
Online Access:http://www.saudiannals.net/article.asp?issn=0256-4947;year=2005;volume=25;issue=6;spage=481;epage=485;aulast=Mageed