Epidural analgesia and avoidance of blood transfusion are associated with reduced mortality in patients with postoperative pulmonary complications following thoracotomic esophagectomy: a retrospective cohort study of 335 patients

BACKGROUND: Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) represent the most frequent complications after esophagectomy. The aim of this study was to identify modifiable risk factors for PPCs and 90-days mortality related to PPCs after esophagectomy in esophageal cancer patients. METHODS: This is a s...

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Autores principales: Kaufmann, Kai B., Baar, Wolfgang, Glatz, Torben, Hoeppner, Jens, Buerkle, Hartmut, Goebel, Ulrich, Heinrich, Sebastian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6706927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31438866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-019-0832-5

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