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Value Of Oxygen With Innovar And Methohexital For Outpatient Oral Surgery, Andrew D. Harsany
Value Of Oxygen With Innovar And Methohexital For Outpatient Oral Surgery, Andrew D. Harsany
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This paper demonstrates the value of oxygen in maintaining arterial blood gas in an adequate range during outpatient oral surgery. Dental extractions were completed on ten patients under an anesthetic technique utilizing Innovar and methohexital with supplemental nasal oxygen. Blood gas samples were drawn at five stages during the procedure.
The mean of the PaO2 samples drawn with the patient at the point of deepest sedation was approximately three times the normal value.
Oxygen for pulmonary ventilation provides a reservoir in the lungs, saturation of hemoglobin, and increased oxygen in the plasma which provides a margin of safety if …