A Qaseem, V Snow, N Fitterman, ER … - Annals of internal medicine, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Postoperative pulmonary complications play an important role in the risk for
patients undergoing noncardiothoracic surgery. Postoperative pulmonary
complications are as prevalent as cardiac complications and contribute ... Cited by 74 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 21 versions
GW Smetana, VA Lawrence, JE Cornell - Annals of internal medicine, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Background: The importance of clinical risk factors for postoperative pulmonary
complications and the value of preoperative testing to stratify risk are the
subject of debate. ... Purpose: To systematically review the literature on ... Cited by 72 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
VA Lawrence, JE Cornell, GW Smetana… - Annals of internal medicine, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Postoperative pulmonary complications are as fre- quent and
clinically important as cardiac complications in terms of morbidity, mortality,
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- ►umcutrecht.nl [PDF] EHJ Hulzebos, PJM Helders, NJ Favie, RA De … - JAMA, 2006 - Am Med Assoc Context Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after coronary artery
bypass graft (CABG) surgery are a major source of morbidity and mortality, and
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AM Arozullah, J Daley, WG Henderson, SF … - Annals of surgery, 2000 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Ahsan M. Arozullah, MD, MPH,* Jennifer Daley, MD,† William G. Henderson,
PhD,‡ and Shukri F. Khuri, MD,§ for the National Veterans Administration
Surgical Quality Improvement Program ... From the *Section of General ... Cited by 135 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
FA McAlister, NA Khan, SE Straus, M … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2003 - 171.66.122.149 Sources of Support: FAM, NAK, and SRM are supported by the Alberta Heritage
Foundation for Medical Research; SES is supported by a Career Scientist Award
from the Ontario Ministry of Health; ... Address for correspondence: Dr. ... Cited by 36 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 6 versions
H Böhner, D Kindgen-Milles, A Grust, R Buhl, … - Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, 2002 - Springer Abstract Background: The efficacy of nasal continuous positive airway pressure
(nCPAP) as a prophylactic method for preventing cardiopulmo- nary complications
after major vas- cular surgery has not been investi- gated. ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
- ►anesth-analg.net DO Warner - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2005 - anesth-analg.net Millions of cigarette smokers undergo elective surgery each year. Efforts to
help them quit smoking could improve immediate perioperative outcomes, such as
those related to the cardiac and respiratory systems, and the healing of ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 18 versions
RG Johnson, AM Arozullah, L Neumayer, WG … - Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2007 - Elsevier Postoperative respiratory failure (RF) is associated with an increase in
hospital morbidity, mortality, cost, and late mortality. We developed and tested
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