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POSTOPERATIVE HYPOXAEMIA: PREOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS
Author(s) -
MORTON A. P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1978.tb04889.x
Subject(s) - medicine , predictive value , anesthesia , surgery , chronic bronchitis , abdominal surgery , preoperative care
In a group of 31 consecutive patients undergoing major abdominal surgery, severe postoperative arterial hypoxaemia was present In 10 cases (32%). The predictive value of the preoperative expiratory spirogram and the arterial PO 2 have been examined. It is concluded that a history of chronic bronchitis may be of more value than either of these investigations in predicting the likely occurrence of postoperative hypoxaemia.