title: Pulse oximetry monitoring of sedated pediatric dental patients.
abstract: Hypoxemia is recognized as a major complication of sedating pediatric dental patients. Traditional methods of patient monitoring show changes only with moderate to severe hypoxemia. This study compared pulse oximetry, a new monitoring technology, to traditional techniques in their ability to detect hypoxemia in sedated children. The results demonstrated that pulse oximetry is a more sensitive monitor of mild to moderate hypoxemia than measurements of heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, or visual observation for cyanosis in sedated pediatric dental patients.
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000175:diagnosis; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010092:Oximetry / Q000379:methods*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012119:Respiration
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D010100:Oxygen