Adaptation to Oral Breathing after Anterior Nasal Packing

We report the changes in blood gas tensions in a group of 17 patients during a five-day period of anterior nasal packing after endonasal surgery. Significant hypocapnia was observed in the early postoperative period, which was followed by significant hypoxemia within the first 48 h after surgery, an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta oto-laryngologica 1995, Vol.115 (2), p.304-306
Hauptverfasser:	Kalogjera, Livije, Pegan, Boris, Petric, Vlado
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Physiological Adolescent Adult Biological and medical sciences Blood Gas Analysis blood gas tensions Endoscopy Female Head and neck surgery. Maxillofacial surgery. Dental surgery. Orthodontics Humans Hypocapnia - etiology Hypoxia - etiology Male Medical sciences Nasal Obstruction - complications nasal packing Nose - surgery oral breathing Respiration Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the upper aerodigestive tract
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Zusammenfassung:	We report the changes in blood gas tensions in a group of 17 patients during a five-day period of anterior nasal packing after endonasal surgery. Significant hypocapnia was observed in the early postoperative period, which was followed by significant hypoxemia within the first 48 h after surgery, and also shortly after removal of the nasal pack. Analyses of the changes in blood gas tensions suggested disturbances in the ventilation-perfusion ratio. Most subjects required a period of 48 h to adapt to oral breathing.
ISSN:	0001-6489 1651-2251
DOI:	10.3109/00016489509139315