title: Use of continuous positive airway pressure in paediatric dental extraction under general anaesthesia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Anaesthetics Unit, London Hospital, Whitechapel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Suresh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Purdy
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Wainwright
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Flynn
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen