High Intraoperative Inspired Oxygen Does Not Increase Postoperative Supplemental Oxygen Requirements

High intraoperative inspired oxygen does not increase postoperative supplemental oxygen requirements.

BACKGROUND Although a high fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO2) could reduce surgical site infection, there is concern it could increase postoperative pulmonary complications, including hypoxemia. Intraoperative positive end-expiratory pressure can improve postoperative pulmonary function. A practical measure of postoperative pulmonary function and the degree of hypoxemia is supplemental oxygen r...

Postoperative supplemental oxygen and high intraoperative inspired oxygen: effect and cause?

Does high oxygen concentration reduce postoperative infection?

1050 April 2014 We read not only with interest but also with some surprise the review on high intraoperative oxygen concentration by Hovaguimian et al.1 that appeared recently in AnestHesiology. The authors selected 9 to 11 of 21 studies and by a meta-analysis they concluded that “intraoperative high inspired oxygen fraction decreases the risk of surgical-site infection in surgical patients rec...

Effects of high intraoperative inspired oxygen on postoperative nausea and vomiting in gynecologic laparoscopic surgery.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of intraoperative inspired oxygen fractions (FIO(2)) of 0.8 and 0.5 when compared with standard FIO(2) of 0.3 in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV). DESIGN Prospective, randomized, double-blinded, controlled study. SETTING General hospital, postanesthesia care unit (PACU), and gynecology floor room. PATIENTS 120 ASA physical s...

Supplemental oxygen does not reduce postoperative nausea and vomiting after thyroidectomy.

BACKGROUND Supplemental intra-operative oxygen 80% halves the incidence of nausea and vomiting after open and laparoscopic abdominal surgery, perhaps by ameliorating intestinal ischaemia associated with abdominal surgery. It is unlikely that thyroid surgery compromises intestinal perfusion. We therefore tested the hypothesis that supplemental perioperative oxygen does not reduce the risk of pos...