To evaluate the effects of major vascular surgery on respiratory mechanics, 11 patients undergoing general anaesthesia for abdominal aortic surgery were studied. Before aortic crossβclamping, chest wall elastance and resistance both increased (by 126% and 58%, respectively) when surgical retractors
Anaesthesia for Vascular Surgery
β Scribed by D. G. Thomas
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 70 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2409
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