Timothy G. Gaulton, MD
A new national survey has highlighted marked variation between institutions in noninvasive oxygenation strategies that anesthesiologists choose when treating obese patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF).
These differences, the authors said, demonstrate a lack of clinical evidence and the need for future trials to assess strategies for AHRF in this patient population.
“From our perspective, obese patients have impaired respiratory mechanics compared