Chronic hypercapnia should not exclude patients from lung volume reduction surgery1
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- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 14 (2) , 107-112
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1010-7940(98)00155-9
Abstract
Objective: Chronic hypercapnia is still considered to increase the risk for perioperative mortality and therefore to be a contraindication for lung vKeywords
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