Open AccessRisk Factors for Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Abdominal Surgery
Author(s) -
Nertila Kodra,
Vjollca Shpata,
Ilir Ohri
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
open access macedonian journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 1857-9655
DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2016.059
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , surgery , prospective cohort study , abdominal surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , emergency surgery , multivariate analysis , risk factor , physics , optics
Incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) in patients undergoing non-cardiothoracic surgery remains high and the occurrence of these complications has enormous implications for the patient and the health care system.
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