title: [Pseudohypoxemia in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia and splenomegaly].
abstract: A 35-year-old man with chronic myeloid leukemia whose peripheral leukocyte count was 18.6 x 10(4).mm-3 underwent splenectomy. Perioperative arterial blood gas analysis showed lower oxygen saturations than those measured with pulse oximetry. The findings suggested pseudohypoxemia because of marked leukocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Harasawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakuragi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D013156:Splenectomy; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*