Respiratory effects of surgery and pulmonary function testing in the preoperative evaluation

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Chetta, Alfredo ^a   Tzani, Panagiota ^a   Marangio, Emilio ^a   Carbognani, Paolo ^b   Bobbio, Antonio ^b   Olivieri, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal and thoracic surgery; Preoperative assessment; Pulmonary function tests; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG SURGERY; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORAX SURGERY;

ABDOMEN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRONCHIAL SPASM; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845356831     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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