Postoperative pulmonary complications

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-131

  Rock, Peter ^a   Rich, Preston B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; General anesthesia; Obstructive sleep apnea; Postoperative pneumonia; Postoperative pulmonary complications; Regional anesthesia; Respiratory failure after surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHRENIC NERVE; PNEUMONIA; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPIROMETRY; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0037397935     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200304000-00004     Document Type: Review

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