postoperative bronchopneumonia
- postoperative bronchopneumonia
- bronchopneumonia following surgical operations, particularly those on the abdomen. It may be due to the inhalation of irritant anesthesia or of infected material from the mouth or nose during the temporary depression of the cough reflex.
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