Use of continuous positive airway pressure in paediatric dental extraction under general anaesthesia.
In a controlled prospective study, we studied 150 grade ASA I children undergoing outpatient dental extraction under inhalation anaesthesia with a T-piece system allocated to three equal groups: a control group (0 cm H2O CPAP), and two study groups receiving 2.5 or 5 cm H2O of CPAP via a nasal mask. We found that the incidence and severity of oxygen desaturation were reduced significantly in the 5-cm H2O CPAP group.
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Anaesthetics Unit, London Hospital, Whitechapel.
Purdy
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Wainwright
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Flynn
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D000293:Adolescent; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014081:Tooth Extraction
D010100:Oxygen