August 20, 2015Open Access

Postoperative Hypoxemia Is Common and Persistent

ZSZhuo SunNortheast Agricultural University

Daniel I. SesslerUniversity College Dublin JDJarrod E. DaltonCleveland Clinic

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Population

Hospitalized patients recovering from noncardiac surgery

Outcome

Severity and duration of postoperative hypoxemia

Medical records significantly underestimate the severity and duration of postoperative hypoxemia in patients recovering from noncardiac surgery.

Abstract

Hypoxemia was common and prolonged in hospitalized patients recovering from noncardiac surgery. The SpO2 values recorded in medical records seriously underestimated the severity of postoperative hypoxemia.

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Sun et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d90892bfc0898f4bd18065 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1213/ane.0000000000000836

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