Prevention of respiratory complications after abdominal surgery: A randomised clinical trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7024, 1996, Pages 148-153

  Hall, John C ^a,b   Tarala, Richard A ^a,b   Tapper, Jeff ^a   Hall, Jane L ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Surgery ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG COLLAPSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

EID: 0030066447     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7024.148     Document Type: Article

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