Apnoeic oxygenation in pediatric anesthesia: better safe than sorry!

Abstract Background Children, especially neonates and infants, are at particularly high risk of hypoxemia during induction of anesthesia. The addition of nasal apnoeic oxygenation (ApOx) during tracheal intubation should prolong safe apnoea time without desaturation and reduce the risk of hypoxemia....

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Main Authors: Davut Deniz Uzun, Felix Hezel, Stefan Mohr, Markus A. Weigand, Felix C. F. Schmitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-03-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-025-02995-2