Use of continuous positive airway pressure in paediatric dental extraction under general anaesthesia.

Suresh, D; Purdy, G; Wainwright, A P; Flynn, P J · Br J Anaesth · 1991

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

In a controlled prospective study, we studied 150 grade ASA I children undergoing outpatient dental extraction under inhalation anaesthesia with a T-piece system allocated to three equal groups: a control group (0 cm H2O CPAP), and two study groups receiving 2.5 or 5 cm H2O of CPAP via a nasal mask. We found that the incidence and severity of oxygen desaturation were reduced significantly in the 5-cm H2O CPAP group.

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