Determinants of improvement in oxygenation consequent to reverse trendelenburg position in anesthetized morbidly obese patients

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 866-867

  Perilli, V ^a   Sollazzi, L ^a   Modesti, C ^a   Sacco, T ^a   Bocci, M G ^a   Ciocchetti, P P ^a   Tacchino, R M ^a   Proietti, R ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OXYGENATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRENDELENBURG POSITION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BILIOPANCREATIC DIVERSION; FEMALE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3242799676     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1381/0960892041590908     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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