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5914834

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1966-12-3
pubmed:abstractText
With careful attention to details of preoperative, operative and postoperative care, intrathoracic procedures can be carried out safely in the elderly patient. The authors describe such procedures in 111 patients over 60 years of age who presented with a wide variety of primary diseases. Bronchogenic carcinoma, present in 48 patients, was the commonest. One-third of the total group had significant associated disease, usually in the form of coronary artery or chronic respiratory disease. The overall mortality rate was 6.3%.Before surgery, all patients were prophylactically digitalized regardless of their cardiac status. Blood volume estimations were determined in those with excessive weight loss. At operation, measurement of central venous pressure was found to be the best guide to blood replacement.Retention of bronchial secretions was the commonest postoperative complication. This problem can be minimized with intensive chest physiotherapy, adequate hydration, minimal doses of analgesic agents and, when indicated, early tracheostomy.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0008-4409
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
252-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-6-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1966
pubmed:articleTitle
Thoracic surgery in the elderly.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article