Risk factors of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients with asthma and COPD.

Takanori NumataKatsutoshi NakayamaSatoko FujiiYoko YuminoNayuta SaitoMasahiro YoshidaYusuke KuritaKenji KobayashiSaburo ItoHirofumi UtsumiHaruhiko YanagisawaMitsuo HashimotoHiroshi WakuiShunsuke MinagawaTakeo IshikawaHiromichi HaraJun ArayaYumi KanekoKazuyoshi Kuwano

Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2018)

History of smoking or severe asthma is a risk factor of PPC in patients with asthma, and age, upper abdominal surgery, or long operation time is a risk factor of PPC in patients with COPD. Adequate inhaled corticosteroids treatment in patients with eosinophilic asthma and introducing treatment for COPD in patients with COPD could reduce PPCs.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
risk factors
cystic fibrosis
air pollution
pulmonary hypertension
allergic rhinitis