Postoperative hypoxemia was persistent and common after surgery.Rapid diagnosis and subsequent therapeutic measures must be adopted by anesthesiologists.Lung ultrasound has been confirmed to be more sensitive and accurate for diagnosis of pulmonary ailment than chest radiography.The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate lung complications by bedside lung ultrasonography on patients suffered from hypoxemia after general anesthesia in the postoperative period.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
113
The second affiliated hospital of Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
RECRUITINGPulmonary Complications of Lung Ultrasound
Pulmonary disease including atelectasis, pneumonia, pneumothorax and pleural effusion would be discovered by lung ultrasound
Time frame: 20 minutes after tracheal extubation
Comparison of Lung Ultrasound and Computed Tomography(CT)
Lung ultrasound offers high sensitivity and specificity when compared with CT
Time frame: Within 1 hour after examnation of Lung Ultrasound
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