This study aims to compared the effects of high flow nasal during the induction and during the weaning of anesthesia on intraoperative and postoperative oxygenation and postoperative atelectasis in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery versus the standard of care, which consists in supplemental oxygen with face mask (Venturi mask).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
64
Positive pressure plus supplemental oxygen through a high flow nasal oxygen device
Supplemental oxygen through venturi mask
Hospital clínico universitario
Valencia, Spain
Oxygenation
The oxygenation (the ratio of partial pressure of arterial oxygen with inspiratory oxygen fraction, PaO2/FIO2) informs of the percentadge of shunt.
Time frame: intraoperative
Oxygenation
PaO2/FIO2
Time frame: First 24 postoperative hours
Atelectasis
Atelectasis evaluated with X-ray
Time frame: First 24 postoperative hours
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