title: Post-operative respiratory resistance.
abstract: Respiratory resistance was studied pre-operatively and post-operatively in a group of patients undergoing abdominal surgery. Respiratory resistance was shown to be markedly increased post-operatively in patients with chronic bronchitis and slightly increased in non-bronchitic patients.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D000403:Airway Resistance; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000503:physiopathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged