PULSE OXIMETRY DURING EXTRADURAL ANALGESIA FOR EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY

Pulse oximetry during extradural analgesia for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.

Exracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) may require immersion of the patient in water and extradural blockade for analgesia, which may both affect pulmonary and cardiovascular function and increase the likelihood of hypoxaemia. Twenty-four patients (ASA I-III) with extradural blockade and six healthy subjects were studied by pulse oximetry during immersion. Oxygen saturation (SaO2) tended t...

[Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy].

Concrement lithotripsy in the kidney and ureter using extracorporeal shock waves (ESWL) was performed with the aid of a 2nd-generation lithotriptor--Lithostar Siemens. Over a period of 11 months ESWL was applied in 526 patients aged 7 to 80 years, 10 of these were children. 19 patients had bilateral lithiasis so that the treatment was applied to a total of 545 renoureteral units and 698 concrem...

The effect of thinking distraction on anxiety of patients during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

 Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of thinking distraction on the anxiety severity in patients undergoing extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in the ESWL department of Ayatollah Kashani hospital in Shahrekord. Methods: This is a clinical trial study that was conducted in 2018 in 120 patients referred to Ayatollah Keshāni Hospital in Shahrekord for the purpose of...

Patient maintained alfentanil target-controlled infusion for analgesia during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine whether alfentanil given by a pharmacokinetic-based target controlled infusion (TCI) system under patient control is a suitable analgesic technique for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). METHODS The design was an open, unblinded, noncomparative, prospective study. Forty outpatients undergoing ESWL were given patient maintained alfe...

General anesthesia for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.