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- Aurika Karbonskiene.
- Clinic of Anesthesiology, Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital, Eiveniu 2, 3007 Kaunas, Lithuania. aurika@kmu.lt
- Medicina (Kaunas). 2003 Jan 1;39(11):1029-37.
AbstractThe article deals with the problems of perioperative management of patient with respiratory disease. The impact of general and regional anesthesia on respiratory system is discussed. Risk factors of perioperative respiratory complications are reviewed as well as general means for reducing them. Issues of anesthetic management of patients with bronchial asthma and chronic respiratory disease are discussed, putting stress on preoperative optimization of respiratory function, choice of anesthetic technique and postoperative pulmonary rehabilitation.
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