Comparison of Oropharyngeal Oxygen Pooling and Suctioning During Intubated and Nonintubated Dental Office-Based Anesthesia

CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated significant oxygen pooling with nasopharyngeal airway use before and after high-speed suctioning. Uncuffed endotracheal intubation showed minimal pooling, which was reversed to room air ambient oxygen concentrations after 1 minute of suctioning.PMID:36995957 | DOI:10.2344/anpr-70-01-02

Source: Anesthesia Progress - March 30, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Rebecca R Rafla Mark A Saxen Juan F Yepes James E Jones LaQuia A Vinson Source Type: research