Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Anaesthesia
41 (1986), S. 0
ISSN:
1365-2044
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Oxyhaemoglobin saturation was monitored continuously during electroconvulsive therapy in two groups of patients. All patients were anaesthetised using methohexitone (40-100 mg) and suxamethonium (25–50 mg). In group I (n = 48), the patients' lungs were ventilated manually with oxygen in air (40–50%) during the modified convulsion. In group 2 (n = 47), the convulsion was allowed to subside before recommencing manual ventilation with a similar gas mixture. Eight patients in group I and seven patients in group 2 received more than one shock and were excluded, leaving 40 patients in each group. In group 1, one patient had a minimum oxygen saturation of less than 90% after the electric shock as opposed to I1 in group 2 (p 〈 0.01). Five of the patients in group 2 had a saturation of less than 80%. It is concluded that patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy should be ventilated with an oxygen-enriched gas mixture during the convulsion induced by the electric shock in order to avoid hypoxaemia.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb12955.x
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