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Recent upper respiratory infection and pulmonary artery clamping in the aetiology of postoperative respiratory complications

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A retrospective study of 56 children who underwent intrathoracic vascular surgery indicated a significantly increased incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications in those with a recent history of upper respiratory tract infection. No correlation was found between occlusion of a branch of the pulmonary artery for a mean period of 35.3 minutes and the incidence of pulmonary complications.

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En rétrospective, l’étude de 56 enfants qui avaient subi de la chirurgie vasculaire intrathoracique a montré une augmentation assez marquée du nombre des complications pulmonaires post-opératoires chez ceux qui présentaient lliistoire d’une infection récente des voies respiratoires supérieures. L’on n’a pas pu faire de corrélation entre l’occlusion d’une branche de l’artère pulmonaire durant en moyenne 35.3 minutes et la fréquence des complications pulmonaires.

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    D. J. Steward & I. A. J. Sloan

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Steward, D.J., Sloan, I.A.J. Recent upper respiratory infection and pulmonary artery clamping in the aetiology of postoperative respiratory complications. Can. Anaes. Soc. J. 16, 57–60 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03005778

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