Supine awake oximetry as a screening tool for daytime hypercapnia in super-obese patients.
Yewon ChungFrances L GardenAdelle S JeeSubash SrikanthaSaurabh GuptaPeter R BuchananPeter W CollettGuy B MarksHima VedamPublished in: Internal medicine journal (2018)
Awake supine oximetry is an easily performed test that may have novel use in identifying patients at high risk of respiratory failure. Future studies are required to evaluate prospectively its role in screening patients at risk of daytime hypercapnia.
Keyphrases
- obese patients
- respiratory failure
- bariatric surgery
- obstructive sleep apnea
- sleep quality
- deep brain stimulation
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- gastric bypass
- roux en y gastric bypass
- mechanical ventilation
- current status
- weight loss
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- case control
- depressive symptoms
- intensive care unit