Significantly reduced hypoxemic events in morbidly obese patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy: Predictors and practice effect

• Principais autores: Basavana Gouda Goudra (Autor), Preet Mohinder Singh (Autor), Lakshmi C Penugonda (Autor), Rebecca M Speck (Autor), Ashish C Sinha (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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Background: Providing anesthesia for gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy procedures in morbidly obese patients is a challenge for a variety of reasons. The negative impact of obesity on the respiratory system combined with a need to share the upper airway and necessity to preserve the spontaneous ventil...