External validation of the Ferguson pulmonary risk score for predicting major pulmonary complications after oesophagectomy | Zendy

J. Matthew Reinersman | Zendy; Mark S. Allen | Zendy; Claude Deschamps | Zendy; Mark K. Ferguson | Zendy; Francis C. Nichols | Zendy; K. Robert Shen | Zendy; Dennis A. Wigle | Zendy; Stephen D. Cassivi | Zendy

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External validation of the Ferguson pulmonary risk score for predicting major pulmonary complications after oesophagectomy

Author(s) -

J. Matthew Reinersman,

Mark S. Allen,

Claude Deschamps,

Mark K. Ferguson,

Francis C. Nichols,

K. Robert Shen,

Dennis A. Wigle,

Stephen D. Cassivi

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezv021

Subject(s) - medicine , risk assessment , pneumonia , incidence (geometry) , respiratory failure , surgery , computer security , physics , computer science , optics

Pulmonary complications remain a frequent cause of morbidity in patients undergoing oesophagectomy. Risk screening tools assist in patient stratification. Ferguson proposed a risk score system to predict major pulmonary complications after oesophagectomy. Our objective was to externally validate this risk score system.

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