Pneumonia after lung surgery
Even with operations on the lungs, it must often be assumed that the patient suffers from pre-existing conditions. These often affect the lungs directly. For example, patients who have to undergo operations in specialist lung clinics are often smokers, suffer from chronic bronchitis or COPD.
Due to the close functional relationship between the heart and the lungs, accompanying heart diseases often exist. The therapy of pneumonia after surgery is thus often made more difficult. The surgical techniques themselves also involve risks.
Persistent pain in the operated half of the chest often weakens the cleansing cough. The operation itself and also the ventilation techniques used also impair the self-cleaning mechanisms of the lungs even after the end of the operation. In a pulmonary center, therefore, one is prepared for the complicated course of pneumonia and can usually react well.
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