PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Legge, J. S.
AU  - Palmer, K. N. V.
TI  - Pulmonary function in bronchial carcinoma
AID  - 10.1136/thx.28.5.588
DP  - 1973 Sep 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 588--591
VI  - 28
IP  - 5
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/28/5/588.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/28/5/588.full
SO  - Thorax1973 Sep 01; 28
AB  - Legge, J. S., and Palmer, K. N. V. (1973).Thorax, 28, 588-591. Pulmonary function in bronchial carcinoma. Pulmonary function was measured preoperatively in 330 patients with bronchial carcinoma. Obstructive bronchitis was present in 62%. Of 225 patients considered fit for thoracotomy and lung resection, 13 developed postoperative ventilatory failure and six died of this. Those who developed ventilatory failure had more marked airway obstruction, lung hyperinflation, and higher arterial carbon dioxide tensions, and also increased respiratory frequencies and physiological dead space/tidal volume ratios on exercise.