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In patients 70 years or older, pulmonary function tests were performed before and after abdominal surgery to correlated the results with the development of postoperative pulmonary complications which developed in 48% of these patients, compared to 15% in the control group. To predict the development of PPC, preoperative analysis of the flow-volume curve is useful and\(4\left( {\dot V_{50} - \dot V_{25} } \right)/forced\) vital capacity is a valuable parameter for the analysis of the flow-volume curve. Postoperatively, pulmonary function was reduced and there was a delay in the restoration of pulmonary function in cases with postoperative pulmonary complications. The administration of appropriate analgesics may be useful to improve postoperative ventilatory disturbances.
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Kaibara, N., Iwai, N., Nishimura, O. et al. Pulmonary function before and after abdominal surgery in the aged. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 11, 73–79 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02468872
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