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Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction [PDF]
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2010 The application of lung volume reduction surgery in clinical practice is limited by high postoperative morbidity and stringent selection criteria. This has been the impetus for the development of bronchoscopic approaches to lung volume reduction.
Ernst, A, Anantham, D
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Lung volume reduction for emphysema [PDF]
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2017 Advanced emphysema is a lung disease in which alveolar capillary units are destroyed and supporting tissue is lost. The combined effect of reduced gas exchange and changes in airway dynamics impairs expiratory airflow and leads to progressive air trapping. Pharmacological therapies have limited effects. Surgical resection of the most destroyed sections
Franzen, Daniel, Weder, Walter
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Lung Volume Reduction Reoperations [PDF]
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2008 Optimal management of emphysematous patients who have lost the benefits achieved after lung volume reduction surgery is a clinical dilemma. We have hypothesized that in stringently selected instances, lung volume reduction reoperations might be considered as a salvage surgical treatment.
TACCONI, FEDERICO +5 more
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Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction
Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2018 Since the publication of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial study, lung volume reduction (LVR) has been considered a therapeutic alternative for patients with advanced obstructive lung disease. The high complication rate of surgical LVR has led to the development of bronchoscopic LVR (BLVR).
Francisco Soto +4 more
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Lung volume measurements [PDF]
European Respiratory Journal, 2008 To the Editor: I read with interest the impressive paper by Cazzola et al. 1 in a recent issue of the European Respiratory Journal . However, I felt somewhat uneasy reading the recommendations on lung volume measurements, i.e. closing circuit dilution …
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Measurement of lung volumes by plethysmography [PDF]
European Respiratory Journal, 1997 There are various ways of measuring absolute lung volume. These range from measurements derived from chest radiographs to the more common laboratory measurements employing either gas dilution or plethysmography. The principal difference between the latter two methods is that gas dilution techniques measure gas that is in free communication with the ...
R Peslin +3 more
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Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction [PDF]
Respiration, 2009 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a category of diseases characterized by chronic airflow obstruction and hyperinflation. The GOLD committee and the American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society have published detailed, evidence-based reviews of management approaches, providing stepped-care algorithms for pharmacologic and ...
Ralf Eberhardt +3 more
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Lung volume reduction surgery [PDF]
Thorax, 1999 LVRS works, but can we make it safer? There are now five controlled trials showing that lung reduction for emphysema can alter lung function, increase walking distance, and improve quality of life.1–5 There are problems with each study in terms of design, duration, and small sample size but, taken together, they give a strong message that lung volume ...
Tudor P. Toma +2 more
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CFA with preserved lung volumes [PDF]
Thorax, 1998 Doherty et al 1 seem confident of their ability to distinguish emphysematous spaces from large cystic spaces of honeycomb lung on the basis of a wall thickness on HRCT scanning of greater or less than 1 mm. In cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) we think this is difficult unless an assessment of function (with V/Q scanning or expiratory CT scans) is
N. STRICKLAND +3 more
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Standardisation of the measurement of lung volumes [PDF]
European Respiratory Journal, 2005 Wanger J +19 more
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