Postoperative pulmonary complications after major abdominal surgery in elderly patients and its association with patient-controlled analgesia
Patient-controlled analgesia, whether administered intravenously or epidurally, is associated with a reduced risk of PPCs in elderly patients undergoing major upper abdominal surgery.
Authors
- Guohui Mo
- Senyi Peng
- Zhongxing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0610-5041)
- Shiqing Lin
- Qiulan He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7514-3928)
- Xu Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8420-4910)
- Zhenyi Lai
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital (CN)
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2024-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05337-y
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01
Funders
- National Key Research and Development Program of China