Specific respiratory problems

  • R. S. Atkinson
  • J. J. Hamblin
  • J. E. C. Wright
Chapter

Zusammenfassung

The management of chronic obstructive airways disease, either as an elective post-operative procedure or as an emergency can pose many problems, not least of which is its recognition. Physicians, surgeons and anaesthetists should be on the alert for the apparently well compensated case where conditions can dramatically deteriorate in a dark corner of a medical ward or in the postoperative recovery room.

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© R. S. Atkinson, J. J. Hamblin, J. E. C. Wright 1981

Authors and Affiliations

  • R. S. Atkinson
    • 1
  • J. J. Hamblin
    • 1
  • J. E. C. Wright
    • 2
    • 3
  1. 1.Southend HospitalUK
  2. 2.The London HospitalUK
  3. 3.The London Chest HospitalUK

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