title: [Body posture and oxygenation. 2. Patients with bilateral lung dysfunction].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyse the effects of sitting, supine and lateral positions on arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) and arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2), in 22 adults patients, carier of some pulmonary bilateral disfunction, in recent post-operative cardiac surgery. The diagnosis of the pulmonary disfunction was done through radiographic torax evaluation. The patients stayed during 15 minutes in each position and after this, the arterial blood gases were measured. Based on Friedman test and Multiple Comparation test (a = 0.05), no significant changes in PaO2 and PaCO2 were noted.
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Pimenta
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Koizumi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000502:physiology; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000502:physiology*; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D010313:Partial Pressure; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen
vernacular_title: Posição corporal e oxigenação. Parte 2--pacientes com disfunção pulmonar bilateral.