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Effect of doxapram on postoperative oxygenation in obese patients
Author(s) -
HOLLWAY T. E.,
STANFORD B. J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1982.tb01308.x
Subject(s) - medicine , doxapram , anesthesia , oxygenation , incidence (geometry) , significant difference , abdominal surgery , surgery , physics , optics
Summary An infusion of doxapram in 5% dextrose at a rate of 2 mg/kg/hour for 6 hours, or of 5% dextrose alone, was given to 20 grossly obese patients who had undergone upper abdominal surgery. There was no statistically significant difference in the degree of hypoxaemia or the incidence of chest infections between the two groups.