title: Safe use of pulse oximetry during verteporphin therapy.
abstract: Pulse oximetry may produce skin damage after the administration of photosensitizing chemotherapeutic drugs. Surgery must often be performed in near darkness during photodynamic therapy. Limiting the duration of pulse oximetry and rotating sites allowed successful use of pulse oximetry in a long anesthetic during which verteporphin was administered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA. hwoehlck@mcw.edu
authors.forename: Harvey
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Woehlck
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kaslow
mesh_terms: D003490:Cyanosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D010092:Oximetry / Q000379:methods*; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D000077362:Verteporfin
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011166:Porphyrins; D000077362:Verteporfin