title: Oxygen saturation of patients recovering from electroconvulsive therapy.
abstract: Oxygen saturation was measured by pulse oximetry in 33 psychiatric patients breathing air during recovery from 60 episodes of electroconvulsive therapy. Desaturation to less than 90% occurred in 17% of patients. Oxygen saturation values in recovery were significantly lower than pre-operative saturations (p = 0.0014 using ANOVA), with a significant difference (p = 0.001) for up to 5 min in recovery.
authors: Department of Anaesthetics, Southampton General Hospital.
authors: A S
authors: AS
authors: McCormick
authors: D A
authors: DA
authors: Saunders
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010092:Oximetry; D013390:Succinylcholine
chemical_list: D013390:Succinylcholine