OXIMETER STUDIES IN NEWBORN INFANTS DURING CRYING

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1952 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 756-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
KLARA J. PREC ◽  
DONALD E. CASSELS

The arterial oxygen saturation was determined in 135 healthy newborn infants during sleep and while crying with a direct reading single scale oximeter. In the first group, consisting of infants from one hour and 30 minutes to 3 days of age, 66% showed a decrease of oxygen saturation with crying, 27% an increase and 6.8% no change. In the second group, which includes all infants between 4 and 9 days of age, 59% showed an increase in saturation with crying, 21% a decrease and 22.4% no change. In comparison, the mean results in these two groups are in the opposite direction. These changes are statistically significant. Twenty-eight infants were studied also while breathing oxygen (73%-98.5%), and the results compared with those in room air were found to show an identical trend. It is concluded that increases in arterial oxygen saturation with crying, which occur most frequently in older infants, are probably due to an increase in alveolar oxygen tension secondary to improved pulmonary ventilation during crying. The paradoxic decrease in saturation during crying, which was found in a large percentage of infants of the younger group, is suggestive of the presence of a transitory venous-arterial shunt. This shunt could be either through atelectatic areas of the lung or through the foramen ovale, which is only functionally closed and can open whenever the pressure in the right auricle exceeds the left auricular pressure. There is some available evidence to support the latter possibility.

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurleen K. Sharland ◽  
Shakeel A. Qureshi ◽  
Edmund J. Ladusans ◽  
Jonathon M. Parsons ◽  
Edward J. Baker ◽  
...  

AbstractTwenty-six patients requiring palliation for the tetralogy of Fallot were treated by balloon dilation. The mean age at dilation was 8.5 months (range 0.5−20.6) and the mean weight 6.7 kg (range 2.6−10.7). Successful dilation was achieved in 25 patients. The mean ratio of the balloon to the diameter of the pulmonary outflow tract was 1.6 (range 1.2−2.0). The aortic oxygen saturation increased from mean±SD of 80±12.4% before to 91±4.3% after dilation (p<0.05). The pulmonary arterial oxygen saturation rose from 64±10.7% to 80±7.7% (p<0.05). Transient hypotension and arterial desaturation were noted in 19 patients during inflation of the balloon. One patient had a cardiac arrest prior to dilation and died afterwards. Seven patients had cyanotic spells related to the procedure. Attempts to cross the pulmonary valve resulted in infundibular perforation by the guide wire in one patient. Of the 24 survivors who initially had successful dilation procedures, three have needed a Blalock-Taussig shunt. Palliation without a shunt was achieved in the remaining 21 patients. In 12 patients, repeat angiography, 2.5−20 months (mean 9.1) after dilation, showed an increase in the diameter of the outflow tract from 7.1±2.1 mm before to 9.5±2.0 mm after dilation (p<0.05). Diameters of the pulmonary arteries increased from 6.3±2.2 mm on the right and 6.8±1.9 mm on the left before to 9.2±2.2 mm and 9.3±2.5 mm respectively after dilation (p<0.05 for both branches). Surgical correction has been achieved in 22 patients, 21 of these 2−22 months after balloon dilation and the other patient 20 months after construction of a shunt. At operation, the leaflets of the pulmonary valve were noted to be torn in five patients. In 12 patients, there was extensive scarring of the infundibulum. Balloon dilation of the right ventricular outflow tract achieves adequate palliation and may result in an increase in the diameter of the pulmonary valve and branches of the pulmonary trunk. It should be considered as an alternative to shunt procedures in children with tetralogy of Fallot.


2007 ◽  
Vol 103 (6) ◽  
pp. 1973-1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Koehle ◽  
A. William Sheel ◽  
William K. Milsom ◽  
Donald C. McKenzie

The purpose of this study was to compare chemoresponses following two different intermittent hypoxia (IH) protocols in humans. Ten men underwent two 7-day courses of poikilocapnic IH. The long-duration IH (LDIH) protocol consisted of daily 60-min exposures to normobaric 12% O2. The short-duration IH (SDIH) protocol comprised twelve 5-min bouts of 12% O2, separated by 5-min bouts of room air, daily. Isocapnic hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) was measured daily during the protocol and 1 and 7 days following. Hypercapnic ventilatory response (HCVR) and CO2 threshold and sensitivity (by the modified Read rebreathing technique) were measured on days 1, 8, and 14. Following 7 days of IH, the mean HVR was significantly increased from 0.47 ± 0.07 and 0.47 ± 0.08 to 0.70 ± 0.06 and 0.79 ± 0.06 l·min−1·%SaO2−1 (LDIH and SDIH, respectively), where %SaO2 is percent arterial oxygen saturation. The increase in HVR reached a plateau after the third day. One week post-IH, HVR values were unchanged from baseline. HCVR increased from 3.0 ± 0.4 to 4.0 ± 0.5 l·min−1·mmHg−1. In both the hyperoxic and hypoxic modified Read rebreathing tests, the slope of the CO2/ventilation plot was unchanged by either intervention, but the CO2/ventilation curve shifted to the left following IH. There were no correlations between the changes in response to hypoxia and hypercapnia. There were no significant differences between the two IH protocols for any measures, indicating that comparable changes in chemoreflex control occur with either protocol. These results also suggest that the two methods of measuring CO2 response are not completely concordant and that the changes in CO2 control do not correlate with the increase in the HVR.


1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sameh M. Arab ◽  
Abdel-Fattah E. Kholeif ◽  
Salah R. Zaher ◽  
Aly M. Abdel-Mohsen ◽  
A. Samir Kassem ◽  
...  

AbstractFifteen patients requiring palliation for tetralogy of Fallot were treated by balloon dilation because of hypercyanotic spells. The mean age at dilation was 1.9 ± 0.7 years (range 0.5 – 3), and the mean weight 9.8 ± 2.1kg (range 6.0 –13.5). Dilation of the outflow tract was combined with dilation of the left and/or right pulmonary arteries in 5 patients. Successful dilation was achieved in 12 patients (80%), but failed in 3 patients with hypoplastic pulmonary arteries. In one patient, the stenosis of the right pulmonary artery could not be dilated because of a very sharp angle at the site of the stenosis. Two of the 3 patients in whom the procedure failed died of severe cyanotic spells within 24 hours of the unsuccessful procedure. No major complications occurred during or after the procedure in the cases undergoing successful dilation. The arterial oxygen saturation increased significantly, from 71 ± 5.7% to 89 ± 3.9%, immediately after the procedure (p < 0.005). During a period of follow up of 6 ± 3.7 months (range 1 – 13), the procedure was repeated on 3 occasions, and successfully accomplished in 2 of these. In conclusion, balloon dilation is a satisfactory palliative procedure for tetralogy of Fallot in those units in which total correction is not performed under 2 to 3 years of age.


1994 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
pp. 2753-2760 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. Elwell ◽  
M. Cope ◽  
A. D. Edwards ◽  
J. S. Wyatt ◽  
D. T. Delpy ◽  
...  

Near-infrared spectroscopy was used to measure global cerebral blood flow and volume in 10 healthy adult volunteers. High- and low-cerebral blood flow compartments were detected with mean flows for all 10 subjects of 59 +/- 21 (SD) and 11 +/- 4 ml.100 g-1.min-1, respectively. The mean cerebral blood volume of the group was 2.85 +/- 0.97 ml/100 g. Analysis of spontaneous changes in the cerebral concentrations of oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin demonstrated strong correlations between respiratory rate and the oscillation frequency of cerebral oxyhemoglobin concentration (r = 0.99) and arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) (r = 0.99). An estimate of the mean cerebral oxygen saturation for all subjects averaged 59.4 +/- 12.4% when their mean SaO2 was 91.8 +/- 2.4% (equivalent to 67.6 +/- 13.8% at a normoxic SaO2 of 98%). These results demonstrate that near-infrared spectroscopy can be used as a noninvasive bedside technique for both qualitative and quantitative evaluation of cerebral hemodynamics and oxygenation in adults.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (B) ◽  
pp. 329-333
Author(s):  
Talat Mohammadi ◽  
Hamidreza Jamilian ◽  
Anita Alaghemand ◽  
Alireza Kamali

AIM: The aim of our study was to determine the effect of adjunctive use of dexmedetomidine and metoral with thiopental on hemodynamic status, agitation, patient satisfaction, and duration of seizure in patients with mood disorders in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). METHODS: This study is a randomized, double-blind, clinical trial. Sixty patients (18–60 years) according to DSM5 criteria had mood disorder and were candidates for ECT. Patients were randomly divided into two groups of 30 each. One group received 5.0 μg/kg dexmedetomidine 10 min before induction of thiopental, and the other group received 5.2 mg intravenous metoprolol immediately before ECT. Patients’ satisfaction, duration of seizure, and arterial oxygen saturation were evaluated. RESULTS: The mean age of both groups was approximately 37 years with the majority of men. No significant difference was found between the two groups in terms of age and sex, blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), duration of seizure, and arterial oxygen saturation before ECT. The mean BP and HR in the recovery were lower in the dexmedetomidine group than in the metoral group. Arterial oxygen saturation percentage was not significantly different between the two groups. The recovery time in the dexmedetomidine group was longer than the metoral group (p = 0.001). Post-ECT satisfaction was found to be higher in the dexmedetomidine group than in the metoral group and the mean agitation score was found to be higher in the metoral group. CONCLUSION: Both metoral and dexmedetomidine as adjuvants decrease the hyperdynamic responses of patients after ECT, whereas the effect of dexmedetomidine is more than metoral; on the other hand, neither dexmedetomidine nor metoral has any negative effect on seizure duration, but dexmedetomidine significantly prolonged recovery time as compared to metoral.


2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack A Wells ◽  
Bernard Siow ◽  
Mark F Lythgoe ◽  
David L Thomas

The transverse decay of the arterial spin labeling (ASL) signal was measured at four inflow times in the rat brain cortex at 9.4 T. Biexponential T2 decay was observed that appears to derive from different T2 values associated with labeled water in the intravasculature (IV) and extravascular (EV) compartments. A two compartment biexponential model was used to assess the relative contribution of the IV and EV compartments to the ASL signal, without assuming a value for T2 of labeled blood water in the vessels. This novel methodology was applied to estimate the exchange time of blood water into EV tissue space and the oxygen saturation of blood on the arterial side of the vasculature. The mean exchange time of labeled blood water was estimated to be 370 ± 40 ms. The oxygen saturation of the arterial side of the vasculature was significantly less than 100% (~85%), which may have implications for quantitative functional magnetic resonance imaging studies where the arterial oxygen saturation is frequently assumed to be 100%.


2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Hossein Tavangar ◽  
Mostafa Javadi ◽  
Saeed Sobhanian ◽  
Fatemeh Forozan Jahromi

<p><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Hypoxia and hypoxemia are among the most common complications of endotracheal suctioning. These complications are often mitigated by the administration of oxygen 100% prior to endotracheal suction. Although several studies have supported the application of this method, none have yet specified the exact duration of pre-oxygenation required to be performed before endotracheal suction. The present study was therefore conducted to determine the effect of the duration of pre-oxygenation before endotracheal suction on heart rate and arterial oxygen saturation in patients in intensive care units.</p><p><strong>OBJECTIVES:</strong> This prospective clinical trial conducted on 63 eligible ICU patients under mechanical ventilator. Subjects randomly divided into three groups. Pre-oxygenation was carried out for 30 seconds in the first group, for one minute in the second group and for two minutes in the third group. All three groups were then hyper-oxygenated for one minute. Arterial oxygen saturation and heart rate were recorded on different occasions in the three groups. The data obtained were analyzed using the ANOVA, the one-way ANOVA, the post-hoc test and the repeated measure ANOVA.</p><p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> The results obtained showed a greater reduction in the mean O2sat during the suctioning episodes in the 30-second pre-oxygenation group compared to in the one-minute (P=0.046) and two-minute (P=0.001) pre-oxygenation groups. This mean reduction was also observed immediately after suctioning (P=0.001). The mean O2sat was lower in the 30-second pre-oxygenation group than in the one-minute pre-oxygenation group in minutes 5 (P=0.002) and 20 (P=0.001) of the suctioning. Similarly, the mean O2sat was lower in the 30-second pre-oxygenation group than in the two-minute pre-oxygenation group in minutes 5 (P=0.001) and 20 (P=0.001) of the suctioning. The results obtained through the ANOVA showed the lack of significant differences between the three groups in the mean variation in heart rate in the different stages of suctioning.</p><p><strong>CONCLUSIONS:</strong> According to the results obtained, one-minute and two-minute pre-oxygenations cause less disruption in arterial oxygen saturation compared to a 30-second pre-oxygenation. To achieve stability in arterial oxygen saturation and avoid hypoxemia caused by endotracheal suctioning, one-minute or two-minute pre-oxygenation is recommended in ICUs depending on the patient’s clinical conditions.</p>


1990 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-51
Author(s):  
M. S. C. Morrissey ◽  
P. J. H. Venn ◽  
H. Y. Chan ◽  
H. Whittet

AbstractA case of stridor is described which was due to the presence of a foreign body in the larynx of an infant. Following partial removal, compression of the right main bronchus was detected because of continuing low arterial oxygen saturation. The use of pulse oximetry allowed this complication to be identified, and the advantages of this method of monitoring are discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (230) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabin Rauniyar ◽  
Shyam Pujari ◽  
Pradeep Shrestha

Introduction: Pulse oximetery is expected to be an indirect estimation of arterial oxygen saturation. However, there often are gaps between SpO2 and SaO2. This study aims to study on arterial oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry and arterial blood gas among patients admitted in intensive care unit. Methods: It was a hospital-based descriptive cross-sectional study in which 101 patients meeting inclusion criteria were studied. SpO2 and SaO2 were measured simultaneously. Mean±SD of SpO2 and SaO2 with accuracy, sensitivity and specificity were measured. Results: According to SpO2 values, out of 101 patients, 26 (25.7%) were hypoxemic and 75 (74.25%) were non–hypoxemic. The mean±SD of SaO2 and SpO2 were 93.22±7.84% and 92.85±6.33% respectively. In 21 patients with SpO2<90%, the mean±SD SaO2 and SpO2 were 91.63±4.92 and 87.42±2.29 respectively. In 5 patients with SpO2 < 80%, the mean ± SD of SaO2 and SpO2 were: 63.40±3.43 and 71.80±4.28, respectively. In non–hypoxemic group based on SpO2 values, the mean±SD of SpO2 and SaO2 were 95.773±2.19% and 95.654±3.01%, respectively. The agreement rate of SpO2 and SaO2 was 83.2%, and sensitivity and specificity of PO were 84.6% and 83%, respectively. Conclusions: Pulse Oximetry has high accuracy in estimating oxygen saturation with sp02>90% and can be used instead of arterial blood gas.


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