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8210017

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
We have compared the incidence of preoperative and postoperative oxygen desaturation in 20 elderly patients undergoing dynamic hip screw insertion for fractured neck of femur, allocated randomly to two groups to receive subarachnoid anaesthesia (SA, n = 10) or a general anaesthetic (GA, n = 10). Oximetry data were recorded during the preoperative night and the first 48 hours after surgery using Satmaster. Data associated with zero amplitude signal were automatically invalidated by the software and decreases in SpO2 which were preceded by contemporaneous changes in signal amplitude which conformed to a previously described template were assumed to be artefactual and were discarded from final data analysis. Data demonstrated a wide interpatient variability. However, those patients who desaturated preoperatively continued to do so in the postoperative period. The differences between the preoperative and postoperative oximetry profiles were examined for each patient and demonstrated a significantly longer time spent with SpO2 < 90% in the GA group compared with the SA group, in all the recorded time periods, except on the day of surgery. The SA group showed an improvement in oxygen saturation postoperatively when compared to the preoperative night, spending less time with an SpO2 < 85%. We conclude that the subarachnoid anaesthetic technique was associated with a lower incidence of postoperative oximetry desaturation when compared with general anaesthetic for these elderly patients undergoing repair of fractured neck of femur.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0310-057X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
150-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Preoperative and postoperative oxygen saturation in the elderly following spinal or general anaesthesia--an audit of current practice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anaesthesia, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial