Strategies To Reduce Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Noncardiothoracic Surgery: Systematic Review for the American College of Physicians

Patients undergoing noncardiothoracic surgery

Interventions to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications (including lung expansion interventions, selective nasogastric tubes, short-acting neuromuscular blocking agents, smoking cessation, epidural anesthesia/analgesia, laparoscopic operations, and nutritional interventions)

Control groups (e.g., routine nasogastric tubes, long-acting neuromuscular blocking agents, open operations, routine nutrition)

Postoperative pulmonary complicationshard clinical