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Volume 116, Issue 6, December 1999, Pages 1750-1761
Special ReportsRationale and Design of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial: A Prospective Randomized Trial of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
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Key words
emphysema
lung function
lung volume reduction surgery
maximum exercise capacity
median sternotomy
medical vs surgical treatment
pulmonary rehabilitation
randomized clinical trial
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Abbreviations
HCFA
Health Care Financing Administration
LVRS
lung volume reduction surgery
MS
mediansternotomy
NETT
National Emphysema Treatment Trial
NHLBI
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
QWB
Quality of Well-Being Scale
SF-36
Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36-itemquestionnaire
SGRQ
St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire
SOBQ
The University of California, San Diego Shortness of Breath Questionnaire
VATS
video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
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The National Emphysema Treatment Trial is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the Health Care Financing Administration, and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
Copyright © 1999 The American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.