Chronic obstructive airway disease: outcome after high abdominal surgery

ABSTRACT

Twenty four patients with severe obstructive airway disease who required elective high abdominal surgery were studied for the postoperative outcome. All of them had FEVI between 0.3 and 1 liter. The outcome of surgery was successful after their operations. Two patients only required postoperative artificial ventilation. The best predictors for the use of postoperative ventilation were the arterial PO2 whether the patient was dyspnoeic at rest