Postoperative Oxygen and Surgical Site Infection
Perioperative Medicine Podcast Series
English - February 19, 2019 05:00 - 17 minutes - 17 Bytes - ★★★ - 4 ratingsEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 2016, the WHO made a strong recommendation that certain patients should have 80% oxygen administered in the immediate postoperative period for 2-6 hours to decrease the risk of surgical site infection. Prof Paul Myles discusses the reasons this recommendation disturbed him and his subsequent actions.