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  • Title: The nursing of a patient following lung volume reduction surgery.
    Author: Smith B.
    Journal: Nurs Times; ; 101(6):61-3. PubMed ID: 15736501.
    Abstract:
    Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is an experimental surgical procedure that aims to alleviate the symptoms of breathlessness for patients with end-stage chronic emphysema. Emphysema (from the Greek for 'puff up') is a progressive chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and risk factors include smoking and chronic infections. The disease causes the alveoli of the lung to over-expand and lose their elasticity (Schedel and Connolly, 1999). Advanced emphysema causes severe dyspnoea that significantly reduces the patient's quality of life.
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