PREOXYGENATION IN CHILDREN USING EXPIRED OXYGRAPHY

Authors
BUTLER PJ MUNRO HM KENNY MB
Citation
Pj. Butler et al., PREOXYGENATION IN CHILDREN USING EXPIRED OXYGRAPHY, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 77(3), 1996, pp. 333-334
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
British Journal of Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070912
Volume
77
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
333 - 334
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0912(1996)77:3<333:PICUEO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We performed preoxygenation on 25 patients, aged 1-12 yr. End-tidal ox ygen sampling was used to find the duration of preoxygenation required to reach an end-tidal oxygen fraction of 0.9. All children reached th is end-point within 80 s, which was markedly more rapid than that obse rved in adult subjects. The clinical applications of this form of moni toring in children are discussed.