Postoperative Hypoxemia: Common, Undetected, and Unsuspected After Bariatric Surgery1

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 622-626

  Gallagher, Scott F ^a   Haines, Krista L ^a   Osterlund, Lynette G ^a   Mullen, Matt ^a   Downs, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bariatric surgery; gastric bypass; hypoventilation; hypoxemia; obesity; obstructive sleep apnea; postoperative; pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STOMACH BYPASS;

ADULT; ANOXIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GASTRIC BYPASS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949489908     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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