title: [Clinical usefulness of pulse oximetry in asthmatic children].
abstract: Abnormalities in exchange and tendency to acidosis and hypoxemia are present in acute asthma. Oxygen arterial saturation (pulse oximetry) is a simple and useful method to evaluate oxygenation conditions. Pulse oximetry and spirometry before and after albuterol nebulization (150 mcg/kg/dose) were performed in 35 subjects. 7 to 14 years, with acute asthma, 68% were mild and the rest moderate. Oxygen saturation before nebulization was less than 90% in 30 children and increased in 27 of them (90%). Spirometry before nebulization showed FEV1 20% predictive values in 18 children and increased in 10 of them. Seven were hospitalized because of worse symptoms. 4 of them showed metabolic acidosis by the presence of lactate. We conclude that pulse oximetry is a useful and simple method for an objective evaluation of acute asthma and its complications, but it is not predictive for a therapeutic decision.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de neumología y alergia, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: del Rió Navarro
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Briseño Pérez
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sienra Monge
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prieto Urzúa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Predes Novelo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Carrillo
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000420:Albuterol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010092:Oximetry; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013147:Spirometry
chemical_list: D000420:Albuterol
vernacular_title: Utilidad clínica de la oximetría de pulso en niños asmáticos.