Preoperative evaluation of pulmonary function. Validity, indications, and benefits

Am Rev Respir Dis. 1979 Feb;119(2):293-310. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1979.119.2.293.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia / adverse effects
  • Closing Volume
  • Expiratory Reserve Volume
  • Humans
  • Lung Volume Measurements
  • Mass Screening
  • Obesity / physiopathology
  • Oxygen / blood
  • Pneumonia / physiopathology
  • Preoperative Care
  • Pulmonary Atelectasis / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Circulation
  • Respiration*
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Risk
  • Smoking / physiopathology
  • Spirometry
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative*

Substances

  • Oxygen