title: Oxygen desaturation during oesophageal manometry.
abstract: Eighteen generally fit clinical patients were monitored with pulse oximetry. Mean oxygen saturation levels were lower (P<0.05) during oesophageal manometry (97.7-97.3%) than before it (98.3%). Fourteen out of seventeen (successful) traces had short 4-8% desaturation episodes, and in worst cases there were 8-9 episodes. It seems, therefore, that even patients with no predisposing factors than perhaps smoking and mild bronchial asthma are vulnerable to some oxygen desaturation in oesophageal manometry.
authors: Department of Clinical Physiology, Peijas Hospital, Vantaa, Finland.
authors: Markku A
authors: MA
authors: Walamies
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology; D004947:Esophagus / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D008875:Middle Aged; D010092:Oximetry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D012907:Smoking
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen