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Training for day‐case dental anaesthesia. Oxygen saturation during general anaesthesia administered by dental undergraduates
Author(s) -
Walsh* J.F.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1984.tb08937.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , general anaesthesia , oxygen saturation , oxygen , saturation (graph theory) , dentistry , chemistry , mathematics , organic chemistry , combinatorics
Summary Sixty‐seven patients undergoing general anaesthesia for exodontia as outpatients were studied in order to measure the levels of oxygen saturation. Both the anaesthesia and extractions were performed by fourth year dental undergraduates working under direct supervision. Falls in oxygen saturation in excess of 5% were found in three groups of patients receiving 20%, 25%, and 30% oxygen in the inspired mixture.