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SUBMITTER: Lin TY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5561208 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Ting-Yu TY Fang Yueh-Fu YF Huang Shih-Hao SH Wang Tsai-Yu TY Kuo Chih-Hsi CH Wu Hau-Tieng HT Kuo Han-Pin HP Lo Yu-Lun YL
Scientific reports 20170817 1
We hypothesize that capnography could detect hypoventilation during induction of bronchoscopic sedation and starting bronchoscopy following hypoventilation, may decrease hypoxemia. Patients were randomized to: starting bronchoscopy when hypoventilation (hypopnea, two successive breaths of at least 50% reduction of the peak wave compared to baseline or apnea, no wave for 10 seconds) (Study group, n = 55), or when the Observer Assessment of Alertness and Sedation scale (OAAS) was less than 4 (Cont ...[more]