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Review
. 2015 Sep;59(9):574-83.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5049.165859.

Anaesthesia for patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Devika Rani Duggappa  1 , G Venkateswara Rao  2 , Sudheesh Kannan  1
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Review

Anaesthesia for patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Devika Rani Duggappa et al. Indian J Anaesth. 2015 Sep.

Abstract

The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has become a disease of public health importance. Among the various risk factors, smoking remains the main culprit. In addition to airway obstruction, the presence of intrinsic positive end expiratory pressure, respiratory muscle dysfunction contributes to the symptoms of the patient. Perioperative management of these patients includes identification of modifiable risk factors and their optimisation. Use of regional anaesthesia alone or in combination with general anaesthesia improves pulmonary functions and reduces the incidence of post-operative pulmonary complications.

Keywords: Anaesthesia; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; management; perioperative.

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