Prone position is associated with mild cerebral oxygen desaturation in elderly surgical patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

A variety of hemodynamic and respiratory alterations accompany patients in the prone position; however the effect of the prone position on intraoperative cerebral saturation has not been studied. We sought to examine whether the incidence of cerebral oxygen desaturation in elderly patients (≥68 years of age) undergoing spine surgery in the prone position was more common than patients undergoing major surgery in the supine position.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of 205 patients; 63 patients underwent surgery in the prone position and 142 in the supine position. Patients were evaluated for cerebral desaturation with bilateral cerebral oximetry. The primary predictor was position, secondary were: length of the surgery, incidence and duration of cereb

SUBMITTER: Deiner S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4162535 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature