Effects of elevated artificial pneumoperitoneum pressure on invasive blood pressure and levels of blood gases

Background and objective: to evaluate the clinical, hemodynamic, gas analysis and metabolic repercussions of high transient pressures of pneumoperitoneum for a short period of time to ensure greater security for introduction of the first trocar. Methods: sixty-seven patients undergoing laparoscopic...

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Main Authors: Octavio Hypolito, João Luiz Azevedo, Fernanda Gama, Otavio Azevedo, Susana Abe Miyahira, Oscar César Pires, Fabiana Alvarenga Caldeira, Thamiris Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001414000153