title: Perioperative management of patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
abstract: There have been many changes in the prevention and therapy of postoperative pulmonary complications in the patient with COPD. Attention to patient analgesia and maintaining lung volumes are the keys to prevention. Recent advances in the therapy of bronchospasm are decreasing side effects and increasing success.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hotchkiss
mesh_terms: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents