Atelectasis and perioperative pulmonary complications in high-risk patients

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Tusman, Gerardo ^a   Böhm, Stephan H ^b   Warner, David O ^c   Sprung, Juraj ^c  

^a HOSPITAL PRIVADO DE COMUNIDAD   (Argentina)

^b SWISSTOM AG   (Switzerland)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

atelectasis; CPAP; general anesthesia; lung injury; lung recruitment; mechanical ventilation; PEEP

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING EXERCISE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GAS EXCHANGE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG INJURY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TIDAL VOLUME;

ANESTHESIA; ANOXIA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; RESPIRATION; RISK FACTORS; VENTILATOR-INDUCED LUNG INJURY;

EID: 84855765472     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32834dd1eb     Document Type: Review

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