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Postoperative Respiratory Complications

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Recent large prospective cohort study in non-cardiac surgery has demonstrated that the incidence of in-hospital mortality is relatively high as well as the incidence of postoperative respiratory/pulmonary complications (PPCs). PPCs are associated significantly with either type of surgery or anaesthesia. Furthermore, several risk factors such as age, recent respiratory tract infection, preoperative desaturation, etc., have been identified and included in the predictive scores of PPCs. As we know, many physicians have been trying to find the effective strategies for improving outcome. In this chapter, we aim to describe the current evidences associated with PPCs namely mechanism of PPCs, on-going studies that associated with outcome, and recently intervention for prevention and treatment PPCs.

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  1. IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, 16126, Genoa, Italy, Europe

    Paolo Pelosi

  2. Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80138, Naples, Italy

    Maria Vargas & Yuda Sutherasan

  3. Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Yuda Sutherasan

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Vargas, M., Sutherasan, Y., Pelosi, P. (2014). Postoperative Respiratory Complications. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5516-2_8

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