Population
Patients with COPD undergoing abdominal and thoracic surgery
Design
Review
Authors
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Preoperative COPD identification and early postoperative vigilance may curb complications; leaves open optimal protocols in current surgical cohorts.
Preoperative recognition and careful early postoperative monitoring are critical to preventing pulmonary complications in COPD patients undergoing abdominal or thoracic surgery.
Gaensler et al. (1973) studied this question.
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