Why the study?
Does preoperative and postoperative pulmonary therapy reduce postoperative morbidity and mortality in poor risk surgery patients?
Population
Surgery patients (poor risk)
Comparison
Preoperative and postoperative treatment with… vs Nontreated poor risk patients and a group of…
Design
RCT, Randomly selected
Follow-up
Postoperative period
Authors
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Supports routine perioperative pulmonary therapy in poor-risk surgical patients; confirms benefit in this RCT.
Does preoperative and postoperative pulmonary therapy reduce postoperative morbidity and mortality in poor risk surgery patients?
Preoperative and postoperative pulmonary therapy, including smoking cessation and physiotherapy, reduces postoperative pulmonary morbidity and mortality in poor risk surgery patients.
Myron Stein (1970) studied this question.
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