TY - JOUR AU - Varela, Gonzalo AU - Ballesteros, Esther AU - Jiménez López, Marcelo Fernando AU - Novoa Valentín, Nuria María AU - Aranda, José L. PY - 2006 SN - 1010-7940 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10366/162993 AB - To evaluate the cost-effectiveness balance of implementing an intensive program of chest physiotherapy in pulmonary lobectomy. cross-sectional study with historical controls. Cases are 119 patients operated on during a 15-month period of time, after... LA - eng KW - Pulmonary lobectomy KW - Aged KW - Case-Control Studies KW - Length of Stay KW - Humans KW - Pulmonary Atelectasis KW - Forced Expiratory Volume KW - Middle Aged KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Morbidity KW - Physical Therapy Modalities KW - Thoracic Surgery KW - Postoperative Period KW - Lung Diseases KW - Regression Analysis KW - Preoperative Care KW - Pneumonectomy TI - Cost-effectiveness analysis of prophylactic respiratory physiotherapy in pulmonary lobectomy. DO - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.11.002 VL - 29 M2 - 216 ER -