Postoperative pulmonary dysfunction in adults after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: Clinical significance and implications for practice

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 384-393

  Wynne, Rochelle ^a   Botti, Mari ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NASOTRACHEAL TUBE; NERVE INJURY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHRENIC NERVE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SMOKING;

EID: 7644222822     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2004.13.5.384     Document Type: Review

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