Question: How can hypoxia during anaesthesia be detected?

Answer: The presence of cyanosis indicates that the blood is not being oxygenated effectively.

Question: Where should you check for cyanosis and in which patients may it be difficult to see cyanosis?

Answer

Question: How can hypoxia during anaesthesia be detected?

Answer: The presence of cyanosis indicates that the blood is not being oxygenated effectively.

Question: Where should you check for cyanosis and in which patients may it be difficult to see cyanosis?

Answer: Cyanosis:

• Is best seen in the tongue
• Is harder to detect cyanosis in darker skinned people
• Is harder to detect cyanosis in anaemic patients as they have low levels of haemoglobin and their blood is not a strong colour in the tissues