Article
Causes and Treatment of Hypoxia During Total Hip Arthroplasty in Elderly Patients: Case Report
2021-10-26
Abstract excerpt
There are several causes of hypoxia during and after surgery, and atelectasis is a common symptom that occurs during surgery. In particular, elderly patients are more vulnerable to hypoxia due to their existing lung diseases or respiratory muscle weakness. This study presents the cases of two elderly patients who developed hypoxia during total hip arthroplasty under general anesthesia. Positive end expiratory pres...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b0d6d15e-b3c9-5340-af26-1c64f4a381c1
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202110.0386.v1
