Perioperative Care

Part 1 Preoperative evaluation of the surgical risk: assessment of pulmonary function, J.L. Clausen; discussion - prediction of pulmonary function after lung resection, A. Lopez-Encuentra; preoperative cardiac assessment, H.A. Hennein and J.A. Swain; simultaneous cardiac and thoracic surgery, C. Deschamps et al. Part 2 Preoperative preparation for the compromised host: preoperative treatment of chronic obstructive lung disease, V. Schulz; discussion, F. Hammond Cole Jr and J.W. Pate; perioperative nutritional management of thoracic surgery patients, K. Moghissi; discussion, A.E. Baue; perioperative management of hemoptysis, J.R. Benfield and D.P. Link; thoracic surgery in the elderly, C. Ricci et al; discussion - pulmonary resection for lung cancer in the elderly, G. Varela and J. Toledo; the issue of AIDS for thoracic surgeons, J. Allen McCutchan; discussion, M.J. Wood; nonspecific and specific immune stimulation in lung cancer, J.A. Bennett, M.R. McKneally; pulmonary resection following chemotherapy, P. Drings and I. Vogt-Moykopf; discussion - pulmonary resection following chemotherapy - perioperative considerations, R.J. Ginsberg and M. Goldberg. Part 3 Immediate preparation for thoracotomy: physical condition in preparation for thoracotomy, G. Ramos and M.J. Gallo. Part 4 Intra- and postoperative management: intraoperative and postoperative fluids, R.M. Peters; discussion, S.R. Dunn; anaesthesia-specific problems for pulmonary resection, J.L. Benumof. Part 5 Postoperative management: chest drainage problems, E. Anyanwu and I. Vogt-Moykopf; discussion, E.W. Wilkins Jr; indications for re-exploration thoracotomy, M.J. Milano; discussion, E.W. Wilkins Jr; prevention and treatment of atelectasis, R.H. Bartlett; analgesia following thoracotomy, J.L Benumof; management of post-pneumonectomy empyema of the pleural space, J.I. Miller; discussion, J.M. Borro et al; prophylaxis and treatment of postoperative thromboembolism, M. Escribano; indications for therapeutic antibiotics following thoracic surgery, J.W. Pate; monitoring of spontaneous ventilation and ventilator support, R.M. Peters; discussion - lung and ventilation monitoring, C. Chopin and M. Ribet; cancer surgery on a single lung, Ph. Levasseur et al; discussion - the second primary lung cancer, G.F. Murray.