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Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:1059-1060. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.047
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Postoperative Pneumonia After Major Pulmonary Resections: The Importance of Gastrointestinal Tract Management

Alberto Terzi, MD, Luca Luzzi, MD, Andrea Campione, MD, Alberto Gorla, MD

Thoracic Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera S Croce e Carle, Via Coppino 26, Cuneo 12100, Italy

(Email: alterzi@libero.it).

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To the Editor:

We read with interest the paper by Radu and colleagues [1] about postoperative pneumonia after major pulmonary resections, and congratulate the authors. They report a 24.4% incidence of postresection pulmonary infections and 26.3% mortality among patients with postoperative pneumonia. In their series almost 50% of incidences of postoperative pneumonia occurred within the first 2 postoperative days, which suggests procedure-related onset. Their paper . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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