Respiratory complications after oesophageal surgery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-40

  McKevith, James M ^a   Pennefather, Stephen H ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Oesophageal surgery; Respiratory complications

Indexed keywords

NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGING; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 75149189922     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328333b09b     Document Type: Review

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