Preoperative assessment: An anesthesiologist's perspective

Thoracic Surgery Clinics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-25

  Slinger, Peter D ^a   Johnston, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HEPARIN; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; BREATHING MECHANICS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG RESECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCINTIGRAPHY; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTOR;

ANESTHESIA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 14544297014     PISSN: 15474127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2004.08.003     Document Type: Review

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