Preoperative pulmonary evaluation

Identifying patients at increased risk for complications

David N. Mohr Dr Mohr is associate professor of medicine, Mayo Medical School, and consultant, division of area general internal medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.Correspondence[email protected]

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Robert C. Lavender Dr Lavender is associate professor of medicine, division of general internal medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.

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Preoperative pulmonary evaluation is a critical step in the surgical process that is often the responsibility of primary care physicians. Therefore, familiarity with recent developments in assessment techniques is important. In this article, Drs Mohr and Lavender discuss risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complications and ways such complications can be avoided.

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