S. F. Deryuzhinskiy. On postoperative pneumonia. Surgery, 1903, Vol. 74

Abstract

From the literature data, it is clear that the emergence of postoperative pneumonia should be linked to a variety of reasons. These are: a) chloroforic and ether anesthesia; b) immobility of patients with shallow breathing and especially with weak cardiac activity; c) ingestion of pieces of mucus, food into the respiratory tract, which can easily happen, especially with vomiting; d) cooling of patients during the operation; f) embolism of infection from the wound.

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