Prevention of pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery

The Lancet

Volumn 338, Issue 8762, 1991, Pages 312-313

  Mang, H ^a   Kacmarek, R M ^a   Hall, John ^b   Tapper, Jeff ^b   Tarala, Richard ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ABDOMEN; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGE; PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNIQUES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0025827147     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)90451-T     Document Type: Letter

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