Oxygen application by a nasal probe prevents hypoxia but not rebreathing of carbon dioxide in patients undergoing eye surgery under local anaesthesia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 399-402

  Schlager, Andreas ^a   Luger, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BREATHING RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NOSE IRRITATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBREATHING; TACHYPNEA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANOXIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RESPIRATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0034057571     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.4.399     Document Type: Article

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