Arterial desaturation in healthy children during transfer to the recovery room
- 31 August 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 34 (5), 470-473
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03014352
Abstract
The oxygen saturation in 71 healthy paediatric patients (3.5 months to 16.7 years) was measured by pulse oximetry during transfer from the operating room to the recovery room. These measurements were recorded continuously while the patients breathed room air. Of the patients studied, 28.1 per cent exhibited significant arterial desaturation of ≤ 90 per cent. The corresponding PO2 for this saturation level is ≤ 58 mmHg. In only 45 per cent of these desaturated patients was the desaturation recognized clinically by the presence of cyanosis. Age, type of anaesthetic, the use or avoidance of narcotics, and the use of controlled or spontaneous respiration had no significant relationship to the incidence of desaturation. Since more than a one quarter of all patients studied desaturated significantly, and since cyanosis can be difficult to detect clinically during the transfer period, the use of supplemental oxygen during transfer should be considered by the anaesthetist at the end of every paediatric general anaesthetic. On a mesuré la saturation en oxygène par oxymétrie pulsative, chez 71 enfants en santé (3.5 mois à 16.7 ans), durant le transfert de la salle ďopération à la salle de réveil. Ces mesures ont été enregistrées de façon continue pendant que les patients respiraient à ľair libre. Parmi les patients étudiés, 28.1 pour cent ont démontré une dessaturation artérielle significative de ≤ 90 pour cent. La PO2 correspondante pour ce niveau de saturation est ≤ 58 mmHg. La dessaturation a été cliniquement identifiée par la présence de cyanose chez seulement 45 pour cent de ces patients. Ľâge, le genre ďanesthésie, ľutilisation ou non de ďopiacés, et ľutilisation de la respiration contrôlée ou spontanée n’ont pas eu de relation significative avec ľincidence de la dessaturation, Puisque plus du quart des patients étudiés ont subi une dessaturation significative, et puisqu’il est difficile de détecter cliniquement la cyanose durant la période de transfert, ľutilisation ďoxygène supplémentaire devrait être prise en considération par ľanesthésiste à la fin de chaque anesthésie générale en pédiatrie.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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