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Post-operative respiratory complications
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Pulmonary complications occur most commonly in the elderly or high risk patient, in whom they account for substantial post-operative mortality and morbidity.About:
This article is published in Current Anaesthesia & Critical Care.The article was published on 1991-01-01. It has received 1 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Respiratory function & Respiratory disease.read more
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Delayed muscular rigidity and respiratory depression following fentanyl anesthesia
Joseph M. Klausner,Joseph Caspi,Shlomo Lelcuk,A. Khazam,G. Marin,Herbert B. Hechtman,Roland R. Rozin +6 more
TL;DR: Three general surgical patients in whom respiratory distress developed three to five hours following colon surgery when a moderate dose of fentanyl citrate, 55 to 75 micrograms/kg, was used are described.
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Regional distribution of inspired gas in the lung
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Pulmonary densities during anesthesia with muscular relaxation--a proposal of atelectasis.
TL;DR: It is suggested that these crest-shaped densities represent atelectases, which develop by compression of lung tissue rather than by resorption of gas.
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Lung collapse and gas exchange during general anesthesia: effects of spontaneous breathing, muscle paralysis, and positive end-expiratory pressure
TL;DR: It is concluded that the development of atelectasis in dependent lung regions is a major cause of gas exchange impairment during halothane anesthesia, during both spontaneous breathing and mechanical ventilation, and that PEEP diminishes the atElectasis, but not necessarily the shunt.
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Predicted values for closing volumes using a modified single breath nitrogen test.
A S Buist,B B Ross +1 more
TL;DR: Modified single breath nitrogen test is suitable for use as a screening test and in epidemiologic studies because it does not require equipment that is either extremely costly or technically difficult to operate and it can be used to compute total lung capacity.