Risk factors, pathogenesis, and botanical drugs interventions for postoperative pulmonary complications after cardiothoracic surgery: a narrative review
Haoran Wang, Zhongyi Liang · 2026
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Haoran Wang and Zhongyi Liang review in 2026 lung complications after heart and chest surgery, including whether plant-based medicines can help prevent them. These complications lengthen hospital stays and raise death risk. The authors searched studies from 2010 to 2025 and kept 55 that met their quality checks.
Risk factors span the patient, the operation, and the care around it: older age, lung disease, smoking, long one-lung ventilation, weak pain control, and long bed rest. Damage grows through inflammation, oxidative stress, injured air sacs, and blocked airways. Several herbal formulas and plant compounds calmed those pathways in early studies, but small single-center trials limit confidence. Large multicenter trials are the stated next step.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Haoran Wang, Zhongyi Liang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |