Significantly reduced hypoxemic events in morbidly obese patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy: Predictors and practice effect

Significantly reduced hypoxemic events in morbidly obese patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy: Predictors and practice effect

Background: Providing anesthesia for gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy procedures in morbidly obese patients is a challenge for a variety of reasons. The negative impact of obesity on the respiratory system combined with a need to share the upper airway and necessity to preserve the spontaneous ventil...

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Main Authors: Basavana Gouda Goudra, Preet Mohinder Singh, Lakshmi C Penugonda, Rebecca M Speck, Ashish C Sinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
Subjects:
Airway
colonoscopy
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
endoscopy
morbid obesity
Online Access:http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2014;volume=30;issue=1;spage=71;epage=77;aulast=Goudra

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