Arthroscopic shoulder surgery under general anesthesia with brachial plexus block : Postoperative respiratory dysfunction of combined obstructive and restrictive pathology.
CONCLUSION: Shoulder arthroscopic surgery under GA with BPB induced both restrictive and obstructive pathologies. It is important to maintain a high level of awareness for the potential negative respiratory effects of this surgery especially for subjects with pre-existing cardiopulmonary disease. The measurements in this study would be useful to monitor the risk of respiratory dysfunction in these patients.
PMID: 23400711 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Der Anaesthesist - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Gwak MS, Kim WH, Choi SJ, Lee JJ, Ko JS, Kim GS, Kim YI, Kim MH Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research
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