Do selected clinical and laboratory factors allow risk stratification for postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing noncardiothoracic surgery?
Clinical and laboratory factors can be effectively used to stratify the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications prior to noncardiothoracic surgery.
Selected clinical and laboratory factors allow risk stratification for postoperative pulmonary complications after noncardiothoracic surgery.
Smetana et al. (Tue,) studied this question.