Lobectomy in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Shahid I Sheikh; Karen McCoy; Nancy A Ryan-Wenger; Alpa Patel; Stephen Kirkby

doi:10.1155/2014/709671

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2014)

Lobectomy in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Shahid I Sheikh,
Karen McCoy,
Nancy A Ryan-Wenger,
Alpa Patel,
Stephen Kirkby

Affiliations

Shahid I Sheikh: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA
Karen McCoy: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA
Nancy A Ryan-Wenger: Department of Nursing Research, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA
Alpa Patel: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA
Stephen Kirkby: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/709671
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 21, no. 4
pp. e63 – e66

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Some patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) develop severe but localized lung disease or recurrent hemoptysis/pneumothorax refractory to conventional medical therapies.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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