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Comparison of recognition tools for postoperative pulmonary complications following thoracotomy [PDF]

Physiotherapy, 2011
Objectives To evaluate the recognition of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) following thoracotomy and lung resection using three PPC scoring tools. Design Prospective observational study.
Babu Naidu, E Bishay, Paula J Agostini
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Postoperative pulmonary complications following posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion for congenital scoliosis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:Congenital scoliosis (CS) may lead to more serious pulmonary complications compared with idiopathic scoliosis after spinal fusion surgery. However, little has been reported about postoperative pulmonary complication events in patients with CS ...
Si Yin, Huiren Tao, Heng Du, Chaoshuai Feng, Yimin Yang, Weizhou Yang, Chunguang Duan   +6 more
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Routine lung ultrasound to detect postoperative pulmonary complications following major abdominal surgery: a prospective observational feasibility study

The Ultrasound Journal, 2019
Background Postoperative pulmonary complications after major abdominal surgery are associated with adverse outcome. The diagnostic accuracy of chest X-rays (CXR) to detect pulmonary disorders is limited.
H. R. Touw, A. E. Schuitemaker, F. Daams, D. L. van der Peet, E. M. Bronkhorst, P. Schober, C. Boer, P. R. Tuinman   +7 more
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Prediction of postoperative pulmonary complications

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2019
Prediction of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) enables individually applied preventive measures and maybe even early treatment if a PPC eventually starts to develop. The purpose of this review is to describe crucial steps in the development and validation of prediction models, examine these steps in the current literature and describe what ...
Nijbroek, Sunny G., Schultz, Marcus J., Hemmes, Sabrine N. T.   +2 more
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Non-pulmonary postoperative complications of cardiothoracic surgery [PDF]

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Cardiothoracic surgery, including coronary artery bypass grafting, valve replacement, and transplantation, has considerably advanced, improving patient survival and outcomes.
Furkan Ufuk, İclal Ocak, Lydia Chelala, Luis Landeras   +3 more
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Lung ultrasound compared with chest X‐ray in diagnosing postoperative pulmonary complications following cardiothoracic surgery: a prospective observational study

Anaesthesia, 2018
Postoperative pulmonary complications are common after cardiothoracic surgery and are associated with adverse outcomes. The ability to detect postoperative pulmonary complications using chest X-rays is limited, and this technique requires radiation ...
Patrick Schober, Paul W G Elbers, C Boer   +2 more
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Incidence and risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complications in children following surgery for retroperitoneal neuroblastoma [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics
IntroductionNeuroblastoma is a common extracranial solid tumor in children, associated with high perioperative risk. Postoperative pulmonary complications, such as pneumonia and pleural effusion, occur frequently and may adversely affect patient ...
Xinran He, Jing Hu, Jianmin Zhang, Fang Wang   +3 more
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Postoperative Pulmonary Complications: Clinical and Imaging Insights [PDF]

Balkan Medical Journal
Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) continue to be a major cause of illness and death among surgical patients, affecting recovery and increasing healthcare expenses.
Furkan Ufuk, İclal Ocak, Lydia Chelala, Luis Landeras   +3 more
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Associations of dynamic driving pressure and mechanical power with postoperative pulmonary complications–posthoc analysis of two randomised clinical trials in open abdominal surgery

EClinicalMedicine, 2022
Summary: Background: While an association of the intraoperative driving pressure with postoperative pulmonary complications has been described before, it is uncertain whether the intraoperative mechanical power is associated with postoperative pulmonary
Michiel T.U. Schuijt, Liselotte Hol, Sunny G. Nijbroek, Sanchit Ahuja, David van Meenen, Guido Mazzinari, Sabrine Hemmes, Thomas Bluth, Lorenzo Ball, Marcelo Gama–de Abreu, Paolo Pelosi, Marcus J. Schultz, Ary Serpa Neto   +12 more
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Pulmonary complications in neurosurgical patients

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2012
Pulmonary complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in neurosurgical patients. The common pulmonary complications in neurosurgical patients include pneumonia, postoperative atelectasis, respiratory failure, pulmonary embolism, and ...
Randeep Guleria, Karan Madan
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