Open AccessDoes Feeding Alter Arterial Oxygen Saturation in Patients With Acute Stroke?
Author(s) -
Anne Rowat,
Joanna M. Wardlaw,
Martin Dennis,
Charles Warlow
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.9.2134
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , meal , hypoxemia , acute stroke , pulse oximetry , anesthesia , cardiology , mechanical engineering , tissue plasminogen activator , engineering
We measured arterial oxygen saturation (SaO(2)) during eating in acute stroke patients to establish the frequency of any meal-related hypoxemia, which could further damage already vulnerable brain tissue.
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