title: Pulmonary function after cardiac and thoracic surgery.
abstract: Cardiac and thoracic surgery cause alterations in ventilatory function that can lead to significant postoperative pulmonary complications. These complications often occur among patients with pre-existing pulmonary dysfunction and cause significantly longer hospital stays. This review explores some of the recent literature concerning this issue, including the effects of lung reduction surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah-University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. charles@hadassah.org.il
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authors.lastname: Weissman