Why the study?
What is the risk of post-operative pulmonary complications and mortality in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing surgery?
Population
89 patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing 107 consecutive operations
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
postoperative
Authors
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High CABG mortality in severe COPD warrants operative caution; cohort data leaves open prospective risk-stratification trials.
What is the risk of post-operative pulmonary complications and mortality in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing surgery?
Noncardiac surgery carries an acceptable operative risk in patients with severe COPD, whereas coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with a high mortality rate.
K. Kroenke (1992) studied this question.
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