RT Book, Section
A1 Pfeifer, Kurt
A1 Smetana, Gerald W.
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Brotman, Daniel J.
A2 Ginsberg, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 56194868
T1 Chapter 55. Preoperative Pulmonary Risk Assessment
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160389-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56194868
RD 2024/04/25
AB A  comprehensive  preoperative  evaluation  must  include  assessment  of  the  risk  of  postoperative  pulmonary  complications.  While  few  would  argue  this  point,  pulmonary  risk  is  often  underappreciated  as  clinicians  typically  focus  the  majority  of  their  energy  on  the  preoperative  cardiac  evaluation.  Highlighting  the  risk  of  this  approach,  postoperative  pulmonary  complications  occur  with  similar  frequency  and  greater  morbidity  than  cardiovascular  complications.