title: Transcutaneous gas tension monitoring in the management of intraoperative apnea.
abstract: Periods of apnea or severe hypoventilation may occur during procedures which involve the airway or during thoracic operations. Routine vital signs and ECG monitoring of these situations are incapable of quantitating the severe tissue hypoxia and acidosis which develop under these circumstances; rather, they only reflect the morbid complications of hypoxia and acidosis (i.e., bradycardia, ectopy, and hypotension). Transcutaneous oxygen and carbon dioxide sensors directly measure tissue gas tensions with a short sensor response time. This report documents the efficacy of transcutaneous gas tension monitoring in the management of these high-risk situations.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001049:Apnea / Q000628:therapy*; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000379:methods; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*