Rational use of oxygen in medical disease and anesthesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-370

  Meyhoff, Christian S ^a   Staehr, Anne K ^a   Rasmussen, Lars S ^b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

acute coronary syndrome; atelectasis; inspiratory oxygen fraction; perioperative; surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYGEN; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; APPENDECTOMY; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ATELECTASIS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CESAREAN SECTION; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPEROXIA; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANESTHESIA; ANOXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84861043965     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: 14736500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328352b402     Document Type: Review

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