POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS
- 16 July 1932
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 99 (3) , 209-210
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1932.02740550023006
Abstract
In a previous communication.1the belief was expressed by one of us (A. L. B.) that the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications, especially atelectasis, appeared to be greater following spinal (subarachnoid) anesthesia than after inhalation anesthesia. To determine the validity of this impression, the statistical studies here reported were undertaken. They are founded on an unselected group of 812 consecutive case histories of patients operated on at the San Francisco Hospital (surgical service of the University of California Medical School) and at the University of California Hospital, from July 1, 1929, to June 31, 1930. During this period an intensive study was made of all cases regarding the development and prevention of various postoperative pulmonary complications regardless of the type of anesthesia used. The choice of anesthesia depended on the individual surgeon. The tables show that about as many "serious major" operations were done under general anesthesia as underKeywords
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