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Tetany During Intravenous Conscious Sedation in Dentistry Resulting From Hyperventilation-Induced Hypocapnia

Overview of attention for article published in Anesthesia Progress, March 2016
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Title
Tetany During Intravenous Conscious Sedation in Dentistry Resulting From Hyperventilation-Induced Hypocapnia
Published in
Anesthesia Progress, March 2016
DOI 10.2344/15-00005r1.1
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Authors

Caroline McCarthy, Paul Brady, Ken D O'Halloran, Christine McCreary

Abstract

Hyperventilation can be a manifestation of anxiety that involves abnormally fast breathing (tachypnea) and an elevated minute ventilation that exceeds metabolic demand. This report describes a case of hyperventilation-induced hypocapnia resulting in tetany in a 16-year-old girl undergoing orthodontic extractions under intravenous conscious sedation. Pulse oximetry is the gold standard respiratory-related index in conscious sedation. Although the parameter has great utility in determining oxygen desaturation, it provides no additional information on respiratory function, including, for example, respiratory rate. In this case, we found capnography to be a very useful aid to monitor respiration in this patient and also to treat the hypocapnia.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 5%
Unknown 21 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 6 27%
Student > Master 3 14%
Researcher 3 14%
Other 1 5%
Unspecified 1 5%
Other 2 9%
Unknown 6 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 50%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 5%
Unspecified 1 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 6 27%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 March 2016.
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#15,359,595
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#180
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#177,085
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#5
of 9 outputs
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