Pure oxygen ventilation during general anaesthesia does not result in increased postoperative respiratory morbidity but decreases surgical site infection. An observational clinical study

Background. Pure oxygen ventilation during anaesthesia is debatable, as it may lead to development of atelectasis. Rationale of the study was to demonstrate the harmlessness of ventilation with pure oxygen.Methods. This is a single-centre, one-department observational trial. Prospectively collected...

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Main Authors: Benno von Bormann, Sirilak Suksompong, Jürgen Weiler, Rolf Zander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2014-10-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/613.pdf