title: Postoperative care and monitoring.
abstract: Pneumonectomy remains one of the more risky and morbid procedures routinely performed by the thoracic surgeon. Patients are often frail, with poor underlying pulmonary function and minimal physiologic reserve. Attentive, meticulous postoperative care and monitoring are required to minimize the incidence and severity of complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, Missouri, USA. naunheks@wpogate.slu.edu
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Naunheim
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D012138:Respiratory Therapy; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents