Risk assessment for and strategies to reduce perioperative pulmonary complications for patients undergoing noncardiothoracic surgery: a guideline from the American College of Physicians
- PMID: 16618955
- DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-8-200604180-00008
Risk assessment for and strategies to reduce perioperative pulmonary complications for patients undergoing noncardiothoracic surgery: a guideline from the American College of Physicians
Abstract
Postoperative pulmonary complications play an important role in the risk for patients undergoing noncardiothoracic surgery. Postoperative pulmonary complications are as prevalent as cardiac complications and contribute similarly to morbidity, mortality, and length of stay. Pulmonary complications may even be more likely than cardiac complications to predict long-term mortality after surgery. The purpose of this guideline is to provide guidance to clinicians on clinical and laboratory predictors of perioperative pulmonary risk before noncardiothoracic surgery. It also evaluates strategies to reduce the perioperative pulmonary risk and focuses on atelectasis, pneumonia, and respiratory failure. The target audience for this guideline is general internists or other clinicians involved in perioperative management of surgical patients. The target patient population is all adult persons undergoing noncardiothoracic surgery.
Comment in
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Risk assessment for and strategies to reduce perioperative pulmonary complications.Ann Intern Med. 2006 Oct 3;145(7):553; author reply 553. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-7-200610030-00017. Ann Intern Med. 2006. PMID: 17015878 No abstract available.
Summary for patients in
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Summaries for patients. Risk for and reduction of pulmonary complications in patients undergoing noncardiothoracic surgery: an American College of Physicians guideline.Ann Intern Med. 2006 Apr 18;144(8):I40. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-8-200604180-00003. Ann Intern Med. 2006. PMID: 16618950 No abstract available.
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