Do preoperative pulmonary function indices predict morbidity after coronary artery bypass surgery?

Do preoperative pulmonary function indices predict morbidity after coronary artery bypass surgery?

Context: The reported prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) varies among different groups of cardiac surgical patients. Moreover, the prognostic value of preoperative COPD in outcome prediction is controversial. Aims: The present study assessed the morbidity in the different lev...

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Main Authors: Mahdi Najafi, Mehrdad Sheikhvatan, Seyedeh Hamideh Mortazavi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Coronary artery bypass; Outcome; Spirometry
Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2015;volume=18;issue=3;spage=293;epage=298;aulast=Najafi

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