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Surgery and Anesthesia as Causes of Postoperative Respiratory Failure

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Respiratorische Therapie nach operativen Eingriffen

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Abstract

Lobar collapse of the lungs as a complication of abdominal surgery was described as early as 1910 [1]. Impaired pulmonary gas exchange occurring during general anesthesia was discovered much later, but its etiology has been investigated very extensively. Even today atelectases with arterial hypoxemia remain a major cause of postoperative morbidity.

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Rehder, K. (1995). Surgery and Anesthesia as Causes of Postoperative Respiratory Failure. In: Rügheimer, E. (eds) Respiratorische Therapie nach operativen Eingriffen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78399-9_2

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