OBES SURG DOI 10.1007/s11695-014-1487-4
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Preoperative Inspiratory Muscular Training to Prevent Postoperative Hypoxemia in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. A Randomized Clinical Trial Julio Lloréns & Lucas Rovira & Mayte Ballester & Joaquín Moreno & Javier Hernández-Laforet & Francisco-José Santonja & Norberto Cassinello & Joaquín Ortega
# Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Abstract Background Morbidly obese patients show an increased risk of postoperative hypoxemia and pulmonary complications when compared with normal weight subjects. The purpose Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11695-014-1487-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. J. Lloréns (*) : L. Rovira : M. Ballester : J. Moreno : J. Hernández-Laforet Department of Anesthesiology and Surgical Critical Care, Hospital Clinic Universitari de Valencia, Avda. V. Blasco Ibáñez, 17, 46010 Valencia, Spain e-mail:
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