title: Post operative pulmonary compliance.
abstract: Lung compliance was studied pre-operatively and post-operatively in a group of patients having abdominal surgery. Lung compliance was shown to be markedly reduced post-operatively especially in the patients with chronic bronchitis.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D008170:Lung Compliance; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*