Three strategies have been used to predict pulmonary function after lung-resection surgery. The ACCP guidelines state that in patients being considered for lung cancer resection, if either the FEV 1 ...

Any surgery raises concern about complications, some of which affectthe lungs. New guidelines tell you how to minimize pulmonary risk. Most clinicians are fully aware of the risk of cardiac ...

Parker et al. 4 reported immediate changes in the respective pressures in 21 patients during mitral commissurotomy — usually an immediate drop. The percentage reduction was higher for the pressure in ...

Surgeons should be aware of changes in pulmonary function tests (PFT) because elimination of race correction PFTs might have an impact on surgeons’ treatment decisions and might worsen present ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High-risk cohorts include Black patients and those with interstitial fibrosis or advanced-stage disease.

A number of developments have led to changes in perioperative patient management, including the surgical technique for cardiac transplantation. The majority of cardiac transplant procedures continue ...

2.1.1 Lung transplants are performed in patients with non-malignant pulmonary disease that is unresponsive or minimally responsive to treatment and who have a life expectancy of less than a year. The ...