Editorial
Peri-intubation oxygenation for Caesarean delivery: is there an optimal technique?
British journal of anaesthesia : BJA, Vol.129(4), pp.468-471
10/2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.07.014
Abstract
Peri-intubation oxygen administration to the pregnant patient during induction of general anaesthesia is critical to avoiding hypoxaemia and harm to the mother and fetus. Recent modelling comparing low-flow with high-flow nasal oxygen in simulated term pregnant women of varying body habitus, taken together with previous work, suggests that face mask preoxygenation with the use of low-flow or high-flow nasal oxygen during the period of apnoea prolongs the safe apnoea period, with the benefit varying by body habitus. Low-flow compared with high-flow nasal oxygen may be easier to combine with face mask preoxygenation and is readily available in all operating theatres, although future improvements in high-flow nasal oxygen delivery systems may improve ease of use for this indication.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Peri-intubation oxygenation for Caesarean delivery: is there an optimal technique?
- Creators
- Cynthia A. Wong - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineMary Mushambi - University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Publication Details
- British journal of anaesthesia : BJA, Vol.129(4), pp.468-471
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.bja.2022.07.014
- ISSN
- 0007-0912
- eISSN
- 1471-6771
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 08/16/2022
- Date published
- 10/2022
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984296142702771
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