THE INFLUENCE OF DOXAPRAM ON POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY FUNCTION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING UPPER ABDOMINAL SURGERY
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- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 48 (12) , 1197-1200
Abstract
An infusion of doxapram 250 mg in dextrose 5% compared with dextrose 5% alone in patients recovering from upper abdominal surgery was associated with a reduction in the degree of hypoxaemia after operation. This may be the result of a sparing effect on the functional residual capacityKeywords
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