1. Duration of anaesthesia and post-operative hypoxaemia
- Author
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P. Harte, O'Sullivan Eg, M. P. Brady, and Courtney Df
- Subjects
Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Surgery ,Postoperative Complications ,Functional residual capacity ,Anesthesia ,Female patient ,Humans ,Medicine ,Female ,Post operative ,Biliary Tract Surgery ,Hypoxia ,business ,Prospective cohort study ,circulatory and respiratory physiology ,Airway closure - Abstract
A PROSPECTIVE study was designed to investigate the relationship between post-operative hypoxaemia and duration of anaesthesia. The Po2 was monitored pre-operatively, 4 hours postoperatively, and daily thereafter for 2 days in 33 female patients undergoing elective biliary tract surgery. A significantly greater fall in Po2 occurred in these patients who had prolonged anaesthetics suggesting that this group of patients should be carefully monitored during the post-operative period and oxygen administered if necessary.
- Published
- 1982