Chest assessment and simple lung function tests
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Pulmonary Function Tests and Assessment for Lung Resection
Pulmonary function testing is a vital part of the assessment process for thoracic surgery. However, for other types of surgery there is no evidence that spirometry is more effective than history and examination in predicting postoperative pulmonary complications in patients with known chronic lung conditions. Furthermore specific spirometric values (e.g. the FEV1) cannot be taken as prohibitive...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Journal of Physiotherapy
سال: 1980
ISSN: 2410-8219,0379-6175
DOI: 10.4102/sajp.v36i4.1455