Open AccessPrevalence and clinical course of postoperative acute lung injury after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer
Author(s) -
Hayoung Choi,
Jong Ho Cho,
Hong Kwan Kim,
Yong Soo Choi,
Young Tae Kim,
Jae Ill Zo,
Young Mog Shim,
Kyeongman Jeon
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.12.102
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , esophageal cancer , general surgery , lung cancer , surgery , oncology , cancer
Although acute lung injury (ALI) that develops after esophagectomy is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, there is limited information on its overall clinical course. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence and clinical course of ALI after esophagectomy.
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