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Doxapram and postoperative chest complications
Author(s) -
DRUMMOND G. B.,
PARK G. R.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1983.tb10364.x
Subject(s) - medicine , doxapram , anesthesia , incidence (geometry) , sputum , surgery , chest tube , abdominal surgery , tuberculosis , physics , pathology , optics , pneumothorax
Summary In a double‐blind study, an infusion of doxapram, 1 mg/kg/hour, for 4 hours after upper abdominal surgery reduced the incidence of spontaneous cough but did not influence the incidence of other chest complications, such as increased expectoration of sputum or abnormal physical signs.