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Perioperative pulmonary function assessment
Bahaa El-Din Ewees Hassan, Mai M Abdel-Aziz
Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain Management, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Correspondence Address:
Mai M Abdel-Aziz
Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain Management, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Abbassiya Sq., Cairo 11566
Egypt
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DOI: 10.4103/1687-7934.139536
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The purpose of perioperative pulmonary assessment is to predict which patients are at increased risk for pulmonary complications. The postoperative pulmonary complications contribute significantly to overall morbidity and mortality rates. Atelectasis, hypoxemia, pneumonia, and respiratory failure are pulmonary complications that can follow surgical procedures. |
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