Preoperative pulmonary assessment of the older adult

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-55

  Smetana, Gerald W ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PANCURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGE; AGED; AGING; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AORTA SURGERY; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXERCISE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PARAMETER; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0037291539     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0690(02)00051-4     Document Type: Review

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