Respiratory complications after major surgery

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 342-348

  Ferreyra, Gabriela ^a   Long, Yun ^a   Ranieri, Vito Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atelectasis; Continuous positive airway pressure; Hypoxemia; Postoperative pulmonary complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG VOLUME; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANOXIA; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 68949204191     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32832e0669     Document Type: Review

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