Reducing postoperative pulmonary complication in non-cardiothoracic surgery patients
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Pre-and postoperative care in cardiothoracic surgery: a physiotherapeutic approach.
It is well known that anesthesia and certain surgeries predispose patients to changes in respiratory function, pulmonary volumes, and gas exchange. Cardiac surgery, which is considered a major surgery, may trigger respiratory complications in the postoperative period. These complications have various causes, such as heart and lung functions in the pre-operative, the use of cardiopulmonary bypas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2220-1181,2220-1173
DOI: 10.1080/22201173.2011.10872724