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ArticleSaudi journal of anaesthesia

Comparison of oxygen supplementation by nasal cannula with suction versus air insufflation without suction under drapes during monitored anesthesia care in adult cataract surgery-A randomized non-inferiority trial.

Subramaniam Shanmugam Arivazhakan, Hemavathi Balachander, Sakthirajan Panneerselvam, Kirthiha Govindaraj, Priya Rudingwa

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Subramaniam Shanmugam ArivazhakanDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Hemavathi BalachanderDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Sakthirajan PanneerselvamDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Kirthiha GovindarajDepartment of Anaesthesiology, AIIMS, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Priya RudingwaDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.

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Abstract

Background: Patients with multiple co-morbidities undergoing cataract surgery are at risk of hypoxia and hypercarbia secondary to the rebreathing of the accumulated carbon dioxide under the surgical drapes. They are also at risk of fire accidents due to the hyperoxic condition secondary to oxygen supplementation. Objectives: The main aim of the study was to determine the lowest level of hemoglobin oxygen saturation while providing medical air in comparison with oxygen. Our hypothesis is that providing medical air will be non-inferior to oxygen administration in preventing hypoxia and rebreathing in these patients. Methods: This randomized non-inferiority trial was conducted in a single center Tertiary care hospital, over a study period of March 2020 to February 2021. Fifty-six adult patients with equal gender distribution undergoing cataract surgery with multiple comorbid conditions without sedative premedications were included in the study and randomized into either Group "O" ( Results: The lowest mean SPO Conclusion: We conclude that the supplementation of compressed medical air under surgical drapes is non-inferior to nasal oxygen supplementation under regional anesthesia without causing hypoxia and hypercarbia by conserving valuable hospital resources.

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Carbon dioxidecataract extractionhypercapniahypoxiaoxygenpulse oximetry

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PMCPMC11829674

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