Journal of clinical monitoring and computing
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J Clin Monit Comput · Jul 2002
Diagnosis of anesthetic-induced upper airway obstruction in children using respiratory inductance plethysmography.
Upper airway obstruction is the most rapid and clinically relevant cause of hypoxia during sedation and anesthesia. This study was designed to determine if respiratory inductance plethysmography (RIP) could quantify the degree of upper airway obstruction caused by induction of general anesthesia. ⋯ We investigated two methods for analyzing RIP tracings during varying degrees of upper airway obstruction in anesthetized children. We found that neither technique was sufficiently accurate for predicting the severity of upper airway obstruction and would not be useful as a predictor of upper airway obstruction in the clinical or research settings.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Jul 2002
Case ReportsMonitoring of motor evoked potentials with high intensity repetitive transcranial electrical stimulation during spinal surgery.
Clinical utility of high voltage repetitive transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) was investigated in 46 patients undergoing spine surgery. ⋯ The findings suggest that intraoperative MEP monitoring is feasible method, however, its immediate prognostic value for adequacy of neuronal decompression and improvement requires further studies with larger patient population.