Effect of inspired oxygen concentration on the incidence of desaturation in patients undergoing total hip replacement.

al-Shaikh, B · Br J Anaesth · 1991

rct · Level II

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Abstract

The effect of inspired oxygen concentration on the incidence of desaturation was studied in two groups of patients (n = 32 and 31) during total hip replacement. During insertion of acrylic bone cement, those patients receiving an inspired fractional oxygen concentration (FIO2) of 0.5 had less desaturation (3%) than those receiving an FIO2 of 0.33 (34%).

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