title: Pulse oximetry. An assessment in anaesthetised dental patients.
abstract: The applications of a pulse oximeter were studied in dental day case surgery using nasal mask anaesthesia. Changes in arterial oxygen saturation were sensitively and rapidly detected, in the absence of cyanosis. Impaired oxygenation can be detected before cyanosis develops.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D010092:Oximetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011674:Pulse; D014081:Tooth Extraction