The effect of aging on pulmonary function: Implications for monitoring and support of the surgical and trauma patient

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-69

  Ramly, Elie ^a   Kaafarani, Haytham M A ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Perioperative care; Postoperative pulmonary complications; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGED; AGING; AIRWAY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; GAS EXCHANGE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; LUNG VOLUME; NUTRITION; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SMOKING; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX WALL; AGE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY THERAPY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84912059298     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2014.09.009     Document Type: Review

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