Journal article
Postoperative Hypoxemia Is Common and Persistent
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The incidence, severity, and duration of postoperative oxygen desaturation in the general surgical population are poorly characterized. We therefore used continuous pulse oximetry to quantify arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) in a cross-section of patients having noncardiac surgery.
METHODS: Oxygen saturation, blinded to clinicians, was recorded at 1-minute intervals in patients >45 years old for up to 48 hours after noncardiac …
Authors
Sun Z; Sessler DI; Dalton JE; Devereaux P; Shahinyan A; Naylor AJ; Hutcherson MT; Finnegan PS; Tandon V; Darvish-Kazem S
Journal
Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 121, No. 3, pp. 709–715
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
September 2015
DOI
10.1213/ane.0000000000000836
ISSN
0003-2999