Accuracy of the preoperative assessment in predicting pulmonary risk after nonthoracic surgery

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 741-744

  McAlister, Finlay A ^a   Khan, Nadia A ^b   Straus, Sharon E ^b   Papaioakim, Miltiadis ^b   Fisher, Bruce W ^b   Majumdar, Sumit R ^b   Gajic, Ognjen ^b   Daniel, Malcolm ^b   Tomlinson, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clinical skills; Complications; Postoperative; Pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNX; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0037364733     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200209-985BC     Document Type: Article

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