Postoperative pulmonary complications - Still room for improvement.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Effect of ultrasound-guided individualized positive end-expiratory pressure on the severity of postoperative atelectasis in elderly patients: a randomized controlled study.Scientific reports · 2024
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2. Effects of dynamic individualized PEEP guided by driving pressure in laparoscopic surgery on postoperative atelectasis in elderly patients: a prospective randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2022
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3. A Nomogram for Predicting Pulmonary Complications Following Laparoscopic Surgery in Elderly Patients After the COVID-19 Pandemic.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025
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4. Risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complications in neonates: a retrospective cohort study.World journal of pediatric surgery · 2023
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5. RecruitmentBMJ open · 2022
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6. Identification of risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complications in general surgery patients in a low-middle income country.PloS one · 2022
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7. Development and validation of a nomogram to predict postoperative pulmonary complications following thoracoscopic surgery.PeerJ · 2021
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8. Perioperative Lung Protective Ventilatory Management During Major Abdominal Surgery: A Hungarian Nationwide Survey.Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures) · 2019
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Corrections and comments

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  Epidemiology, practice of ventilation and outcome for patients at increased risk of postoperative pulmonary complications: LAS VEGAS - an observational study in 29 countries.2017

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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