Life-threatening postoperative hypoventilation after bariatric surgery

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2010 Jan-Feb;6(1):102-4. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.04.009. Epub 2009 May 4.

Authors

Scott F Gallagher¹, Krista L Haines, Lynn Osterlund, Michel Murr, John B Downs

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, University of South Florida Health, Tampa, Florida 33606, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 19560977
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.04.009

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Gastric Bypass / adverse effects*
Humans
Hypoventilation / etiology*
Hypoventilation / physiopathology
Hypoventilation / therapy
Oximetry
Oxygen / blood
Positive-Pressure Respiration
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / epidemiology

Substances

Oxygen