Why the study?
Does intermittent positive pressure breathing affect functional residual capacity and arterial oxygenation in postoperative patients?
Does intermittent positive pressure breathing affect functional residual capacity and arterial oxygenation in postoperative patients?
Routine use of IPPB in postoperative patients accentuates preexisting hypoxia and should be used with caution.
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IPPB may worsen postoperative hypoxia; hypothesis-generating case report leaves open need for controlled trials.
Robert E. Dutton (1979) studied this question.
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