Meeting
Abstract Number: 448
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: An 82 year-old presented with acute onset hypoxia after a laparoscopic subtotal gastrectomy for stage I gastric adenocarcinoma. Upon extubation, she had positional episodes of desaturation to 79% when sitting up, with other vitals signs normal and no dyspnea. Her oxygen saturation was 91% when supine. Her lungs were clear to auscultation bilaterally. […]