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17669937

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
Guidelines regarding operability of patients with lung cancer are well established. The measured and predicted pulmonary function provides a practical guide to the safety of lobectomy or pneumonectomy. We describe a patient who had an unexplained precipitous fall in preoperative FEV(1) that would have precluded a required pneumonectomy but for an urgent ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scan. This case highlights the fact that clinical acumen rather than a strict adherence to established guidelines is vital in the assessment of lung cancer patients awaiting potentially curative surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1569-9285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
561-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The value of a preoperative ventilation-perfusion scan in patient selection for pneumonectomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordersley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK. anandsachithanandan@yahoo.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports