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Incidence and Predictors of Post-operative Hypoxemia in Pediatric Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia: a Single-arm Prospective Multi-center Cohort Study 2023
2024-03-28
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<h4>Background: </h4> Pediatrics use more oxygen than adults do, which has an impact on how quickly the body desaturates after an apnea. Depending on age and other physiological parameters, the clinically relevant hypoxemia in pediatric patients can drop to 40% in as little as 1.5 minutes, which makes the transfer to the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) a risky phase. Postoperative hypoxemia (POH) happens critical...
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- bae869a3-5a20-5723-b523-173180b2dfab
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3715199/v1
