Xenon Anesthesia Improves Respiratory Gas Exchanges in Morbidly Obese Patients
Background. Xenon-in-oxygen is a high density gas mixture and may improve PaO2/FiO2 ratio in morbidly obese patients uniforming distribution of ventilation during anesthesia. Methods. We compared xenon versus sevoflurane anesthesia in twenty adult morbidly obese patients (BMI>35) candidate for ro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Obesity |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/421593 |