Incidence of perioperative respiratory complications in patients undergoing elective open upper abdominal surgery under general anaesthesia: Smokers versus non-smokers - An observational study

Background: Smoking has various deleterious effects and peri-operative complications. Pulmonary complications following abdominal surgery are frequent and associated with increased morbidity and mortality and length of hospital stay. Aims and Objectives: Hence, this study was done to observe the...

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Main Authors: Sourabh Sengupta, Maitreyee Mukherjee, Prasenjit Dasgupta, Sajib Chatterjee, Dipasri Bhattacharya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara 2022-03-01
Series:Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/41829