title: [Problems of postoperative respiratory insufficiency (author's transl)].
abstract: Postoperatively patients are particularly endangered by the development of respiratory failure. All parts of the gas-exchange between the atmospharic air and the metabolizing cell are to be considered as a unit. The increase of dead-volume-respiration and intrapulmonary shunting is of great importance for the development of arterial hypoxaemia. Early diagnosis of impaired gas-exchange and an adequate treatment are emphasized. CPAP and intermittent mandatory ventilation are therapeutic methods, well approved in clinical practice.
mesh_terms: D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D006801:Humans; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010477:Perfusion / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012126:Respiratory Dead Space; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Zur Problematik der postoperativen Ateminsuffizienz.