Measuring tissue oxygen saturation via spectrometer in children.

Background: : Near-infrared spectroscopy is a new noninvasive method of monitoring oxygen saturation at a tissue level. The purpose of this study was to evaluate new near-infrared tissue spectrometer InSpectra (Hutchinson Technology Inc.) in children and to determine preferable areas of the body to measure tissue oxygen saturation (StO2).

Parental administration of analgesic medication in children after a limb injury.

Objective: To document parental administration of analgesic medication to children with pain from acute limb injury before coming to the emergency department (ED).

Methods: Research assistants interviewed parents of children 0 to 18 years old who presented to the ED with acute limb injury, asking about analgesic use before arriving to the ED. Parents were also asked for personal and demographic information.