Abstract:Annotation. Surgical interventions for diseases of the thoracic cavity are one of the most invasive surgical procedures, which are often accompanied by postoperative complications, which increase mortality, prolong hospital stays, require additional costs and correlate with poor long-term survival. However, respiratory complications remain the most common of non-surgical complications and their frequency varies from 13 to 38%. So far, several studies have shown that respiratory dysfunction is an independent ri… Show more
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