Hypoxia during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with and without sedation and the effect of pre-oxygenation on oxygen saturation

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 654-658

  Wang, C Y ^a   Ling, L C ^b   Cardosa, M S ^b   Wong, A K H ^b   Wong, N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Complications: hypoxia; Monitoring: pulse oximetry; Surgery: gastrointestinal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGENATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; SEDATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANOXIA; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0033946176     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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