Incidence of and risk factors for pulmonary complications after nonthoracic surgery

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 514-517

  McAlister, Finlay A ^a,b   Bertsch, Kimberly ^a   Man, Jeremy ^a   Bradley, John ^a   Jacka, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical skills; Complications, postoperative; Pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALBERTA; ANESTHESIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 15944370975     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200408-1069OC     Document Type: Article

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