Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Drug dosage and appropriate size of medical equipment for emergency pediatric patients are determined by age, body weight and/or height. In an emergency situation, however, such information about the patients is not always clear. Body height is easily measured when the patient lies down supine. ⋯ We studied the reliability of this tape in pediatric anesthesia. Body weight estimated from the tape was accurate, and predicted size of ETT and LTD was appropriate. PES Tape is a reliable tool in pediatric emergency.
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Clinical Trial
[Changes in SpO2 during total intravenous anesthesia combined with propofol and SpO2 during one-lung anesthesia ventilation].
We retrospectively examined SpO2 during one-lung anesthesia (OLA). One hundred and fifty patients of ASA 1 or 2 for thoracoscopic surgery were anesthetized with propofol and fentanyl (n = 93) or pentazocine (n = 57) and mechanically ventilated with FIO2 = 0.6 in the lateral decubitus position. Twelve patients (8%) developed SpO2 < or = 95% in the first 20 minutes of OLA. ⋯ SpO2 during OLA tended to fall in the patients for right side operation, with lower SpO2 during two-lung ventilation and higher body mass index (BMI). However BMI has never been reported as a predictor of hypoxemia during OLA. A gravity-dependent mechanism is considered to be more responsible for the dependent regional volume reduction during OLA in patients in the lateral decubitus position.