Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2874855 | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2013 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Our study has shown that in patients with ILD, awake VATS lung biopsy was easily feasible by regional anesthesia and resulted in low morbidity, excellent diagnostic yield, short hospital stay, and low cost.
Keywords
FEV1VASVATSASATLCFVCFiO2PaCO2DLCOPaO2ILDAmerican Society of AnesthesiologyInterstitial lung diseaseanalysis of varianceANOVAarterial oxygen tensionarterial carbon dioxide tensionVideo-assisted thoracic surgeryforced expiratory volume in one secondforced vital capacityTotal lung capacityvisual analog scaleFraction of inspired oxygen
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Authors
Eugenio MD, Paola MD, Benedetto MD, Orazio MD, Giuseppe PhD, Cesare MD,