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The pulmonary physician in critical care • Illustrative case 8: Acute respiratory failure following lung resection
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- Published on: 29 April 2016
- Published on: 29 April 2016Lung resection and noninvasive ventilationShow More
Dear Editor
The paper of Beddow et l. deal with important topics such as acute respiratory failure following lung resection.
Postoperative mortality and morbidity after lung resection are decreasing but remain significant. When treated with invasive endotracheal mechanical ventilation (ETMV), acute respiratory insufficiency after lung resection is fatal in up to 80% of cases. In a prospective observat...
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