Lung ultrasound score in postoperative pulmonary complications: predicting complications or over-complicating
Luigi Vetrugno1, Irene Steinberg, Nicolás Colaianni-Alfonso
1From the Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti (LV), Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy (IS) and Respiratory Intermediate Care Unit, Juan A Fernandez Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina (NCA, MCS).
European Journal of Anaesthesiology
|December 4, 2025
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