2. Materials and methods
burn injury, cardiovascular diseases, burn injuries, burns, ’ extremities
ONCOLOGY, PENIS, DISEASE, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Ankara Child Health and Disease, Hematology, Oncology Training, and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey (Chairperson Prof. Fatma Demirel) on 01 June 2015 (Approval number: 2015–025) approved the present study. The study was conducted in Ankara Child Health and Disease, Hematology, Oncology Training, and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Informed consent of the patients or the legal guardians was also obtained. The study was conducted between September 2015 and March 2017.Pediatric male cases undergoing general anesthesia for medical dressing and/or grafting due to severe burns were involved in the study. We included patients on the condition that the fingers of at least one extremity were not involved in burn injury or a surgical procedure. Exclusion criteria were only performed for burned children with cardiovascular diseases as pulse oximetry measurements were compared within the patients’ extremities and penis. Possible differences in pulse measurements between these locations are taken into account. However, we had no cardiovascular patients with burn injuries.Monitoring via pulse oximetry measurement was initiated as soon as the patients were placed on the operating table. Monitoring was performed using two pulse oximetry devices with the same brand and model (Nellcor N-560 Pulse Oximeter Monitor, Mansfield, USA). Moreover, two disposable oximeter probes (OxiMax Technology Max-N-Infant/Adult SpO