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Anaesth Intensive Care · Aug 1993
Comparative StudyEnd-tidal oxygen measurement compared with patient factor assessment for determining preoxygenation time.
- H A Machlin, P S Myles, C B Berry, P J Butler, D A Story, and B J Heath.
- Department of Anaesthesia, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.
- Anaesth Intensive Care. 1993 Aug 1; 21 (4): 409-13.
AbstractTime to adequate preoxygenation was assessed in 200 elective surgical patients, using measurement of end-tidal oxygen concentration. A variety of patient factors were assessed as to their ability to predict the time required to preoxygenate a patient. Of the 200 patients, 23 (11.5%) were unable to be adequately preoxygenated; most of these cases were due to a poor mask fit. The average time for preoxygenation was 154 seconds (range 43-364 seconds). Of those patients who could be preoxygenated, 46 (23%) required more than three minutes. Although a regression equation could be constructed to calculate time required for preoxygenation, the wide standard errors of the coefficients preclude a clinically useful predictive equation. We thus found that we could not accurately predict time required for preoxygenation and that a routine three minutes preoxygenation may not be sufficient for many patients. However, the measurement of end-tidal oxygen concentration is a very useful method of determining the end-point for preoxygenation.
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