Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures References

Pulmonary Diagnostic Procedures References
Selected Articles
Rao V, Todd TR, Kuus A, Buth KJ, Pearson FG. Exercise oximetry versus spirometry in the assessment of risk prior to lung resection. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1995 60(3):603-9.

1st International Symposium on Thoracosopic Surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1993 56(3):683-806.

Harris RJ. Kavuru MS. Rice TW. Kirby TJ. The diagnostic and therapeutic utility of thoracoscopy. Chest 1995 108(3):828-41.

Weisman IM. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the preoperative assessment for lung resection surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001 Apr;13(2):116-25.

Melendez JA, Fischer ME. Preoperative pulmonary evaluation of the thoracic surgical patient. Chest Surg Clin N Am. 1997 Nov;7(4):641-54.

Overend TJ, Anderson CM, Lucy SD, Bhatia C, Jonsson BI, Timmermans C. The effect of incentive spirometry on postoperative pulmonary complications: a systematic review. Chest. 2001 Sep;120(3):971-8.

Culver BH. Preoperative assessment of the thoracic surgery patient: pulmonary function testing. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001 Apr;13(2):92-104.

Ferguson MK. Preoperative assessment of pulmonary risk. Chest. 1999 May;115(5 Suppl):58S-63S.

Sources for further reading
Textbook Chapters
Chapter 1: Preoperative Assessment of Pulmonary Function: Quantitative Evaluation of Ventilation and Blood Gas Exchange. Surgery of the Chest (Sabiston and Spencer), 6th ed., 1-21.

Chapter 2: Perioperative Pulmonary Physiology. Surgery of the Chest (Sabiston and Spencer), 6th ed., 22-68.

Chapter 3: Endoscopy, Bronchoscopy, and Esophagoscopy. Surgery of the Chest (Sabiston and Spencer), 6th ed., 69-97.

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