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Postoperative pulmonary complications are common, costly, and associated with substantial perioperative morbidity and mortality. Thus, physicians must be vigilant for patient- and procedure-related risk factors that contribute to postoperative pulmonary complications, as well as opportunities to prevent them.
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Albert, T.J., Cornia, P.B. (2020). Pulmonary Risk Assessment and Management. In: Jackson, M., Huang, R., Kaplan, E., Mookherjee, S. (eds) The Perioperative Medicine Consult Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19704-9_32
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