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Peri‐operative hypoxaemia in children undergoing application of a plaster jacket for scoliosis
Author(s) -
LOVELL A. T.,
RAY S.,
FOX R. S. R.,
TAYLOR V. M.
Publication year - 1996
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.1365-2044.1996.tb07696.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulse oximetry , scoliosis , oxygen saturation , anesthesia , oxygenation , surgery , oxygen , chemistry , organic chemistry
Summary Twenty children (six female), median age 24 months (range 12–156) who presented for application of a plaster jacket for scoliosis were studied pre‐operatively with pulse oximetry overnight and on the first postoperative night. Pre‐operatively the median (range) arterial oxygen saturation was 97 (95–98)%, although eight children had short episodes of desaturation to <90%. Postoperatively the median saturation was unchanged, and nine children had short episodes of desaturation. Neither the presence of episodes of desaturation pre‐operatively, nor the median or lowest saturation recorded were predictors of postoperative median saturation or the presence of episodes of desaturation. Despite the presumed reduction in chest wall compliance, the application of a plaster jacket for scoliosis in these young children was not associated with a significant change in their oxygenation .