Alparslan Turan, MD
Respiratory volume monitoring was more effective at detecting hypoventilation in the general hospital ward than pulse oximetry in abdominal surgery patients.
“Hypoventilation is a major problem on the hospital floor,” said lead author Alparslan Turan, MD, a professor and vice-chair of the Department of Outcomes Research at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland. “Therefore, monitoring patients in that setting is very important.
“Pulse oximetry does not always