Some remarks on respiratory insufficiency after surgical treatment of thyroid diseases.
- Author:
Hung Ngoc Dang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acute respiratory failure
- MeSH:
Thyroid diseases;
Respiratory Insufficiency;
diagnosis;
surgery;
therapeutics
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2001;(11):24-28
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From July 1999 to July 2000, in Military Hospital 103 there have been 459 patients with thyroid diseases undergoing surgical treatment. The rate of postoperative respiratory insufficiency was 2.6% (1.4% of 288 patients with Basedow's disease; 3.6% of 28 patients with simple goiter, 1.6% of 128 patients with benign tumor of the thyroid; 33.3% of 15 patients with thyroid cancer). Some factors related to respiratory insufficiency after surgical treatment of thyroid diseases are the type of thyroid disease, mixed goiter, big goiter, goiter with symptoms of pressing on neck's organs and recidivous goiter.
