Sentences with phrase «oxygen saturation levels dropped»

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In a 2009 study, researchers at Harvard's MassGeneral Hospital for Children as well as other institutions analyzed the blood oxygen levels of newborns when they were placed in cribs versus car seats and found that nearly one - quarter of the time that the babies were in car seats, their oxygen saturation levels (the ratio of oxygen - saturated hemoglobin to total hemoglobin in their blood) dropped below 95 percent, the cutoff for what is considered normal.

However, it's challenging to achieve just the right anesthetic dosage — enough to cause typical sleep - related obstruction without causing prolonged unconsciousness or causing a deep drop in blood oxygen level (oxygen saturation).

Just as important, the necessary level of sedation was achieved without an undue drop in oxygen saturation levels.

The ramp - control DISE technique is efficient, administering just enough anesthetic to produce the desired level of sedation within a few minutes; and safe, with relatively small drops in blood oxygen saturation level.

It's easy to «overshoot» the anesthetic dose; this may lead to drops in oxygen saturation, requiring airway support steps to maintain the patient's blood oxygen level.

The subjects also experienced hypoxic effects, as cessations in breathing cause blood oxygen saturation levels to drop, possibly triggering optic nerve damage that can lead to glaucoma.