Prediction of early postoperative desaturation in extreme elderly patients after spinal anesthesia for femur fracture surgery: A retrospective analysis.

Conclusions: Preoperative PaO2/FiO2 ratio, but not preoperative spirometry, was predictive of postoperative desaturation in elderly patients after spinal anesthesia for femur fracture surgery. Based on our results, preoperative arterial blood gas analysis may be helpful in predicting early postoperative desaturation in such patients. PMID: 31378053 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Korean Journal of Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Korean J Anesthesiol Source Type: research