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Postoperative pulmonary function
Author(s) -
LOGAN D. A.,
SPENCE A.,
SMITH G.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1977.tb11549.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nitrous oxide , anesthesia , arterial blood , oxygen , abdominal surgery , pulmonary function testing , significant difference , lung function , lung , surgery , chemistry , organic chemistry
Arterial blood-gases and lung volumes were measured in 48 patients before and after upper abdominal surgery. There was no significant difference between the results of 25 patients ventilated with oxygen and nitrogen during anaesthesia compared with a comparable group which received oxygen and nitrous oxide.