Preoxygenation is more effective in the 25° head-up position than in the supine position in severely obese patients: A randomized controlled study

Anesthesiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1110-1115

  Dixon, Benjamin J ^a   Dixon, John B ^a   Carden, Jennifer R ^a   Burn, Anthony J ^a   Schachter, Linda M ^a   Playfair, Julie M ^a   Laurie, Cheryl P ^a   O'Brien, Paul E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BODY MASS; BREATHING MECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTRIC BANDING; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 19744373174     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200506000-00009     Document Type: Article

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