Patient assessment and prevention of pulmonary side-effects in surgery

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-7

  Tzani, Panagiota ^a   Chetta, Alfredo ^a   Olivieri, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Postoperative complications; Preoperative assessment; Prevention; Pulmonary function tests; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DYSPNEA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; SURGERY; THORACOTOMY;

FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952768870     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328341abb3     Document Type: Review

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