January 1, 1995Anesthesia & Analgesia

Postoperative Arterial Oxygen Saturation

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Population

Pediatric patients (infants and children) undergoing surgery, including former premature infants.

Design

Editorial

Authors

CKCarsten KurthChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia

Discussion

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Implication

Routine postoperative oxygen saturation monitoring is not indicated for healthy pediatric patients, but is recommended for former premature infants after general anesthesia due to increased risk of desaturation.

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Population

Pediatric patients (infants and children) undergoing surgery, including former premature infants.

Intervention

General anesthesia, spinal anesthesia, and postoperative opioids (epidural or parenteral).

Outcome

Postoperative arterial oxygen desaturationsurrogate

Limitations

Small number of patients studied
Lack of coexisting diseases in studied patients
Limited variety of surgical procedures and anesthetic techniques
Unclear relationship between desaturation episodes and clinical outcome

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Carsten Kurth (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a702024a528af2d65c35936 https://doi.org/10.1213/00000539-199501000-00001

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Postoperative Arterial Oxygen Saturation

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Structured PICO

Limitations

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Postoperative Arterial Oxygen Saturation

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

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