TY - JOUR
T1 - Interpreting vital sign profiles for maximizing
T2 - Patient safety during dental visits
AU - Raab, Frank J.
AU - Schaffer, Erwin M.
AU - Cornelissen-Guillaume, Germaine G
AU - Halberg, Franz
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the University of Minnesota Clinical Dental Research Center (NIH/NIDR grant No. DE09737) and the University of Minnesota Chronobiology Research Center.
PY - 1998/4
Y1 - 1998/4
N2 - Concerns about local anesthetics and dental treatment stress are still prevalent in today's medical and dental communities. The authors conducted 24-hour monitoring of heart rate and blood pressure for 23 patients undergoing two root planing procedures and a single periodontal surgical procedure. Chronobiologic analysis of circadian blood pressure and heart rate rhythms revealed that neither epinephrine vasoconstrictor in anesthetics nor increased invasiveness of the procedure resulted in statistically significant deviations from regular, individualized blood pressure rhythms. For surgical appointments, time of day had the greatest effect on cardiovascular variables, with the greatest elevations in blood pressure seen for surgery at 8 a.m. and the largest blood pressure decreases seen for surgery at 2 p.m.
AB - Concerns about local anesthetics and dental treatment stress are still prevalent in today's medical and dental communities. The authors conducted 24-hour monitoring of heart rate and blood pressure for 23 patients undergoing two root planing procedures and a single periodontal surgical procedure. Chronobiologic analysis of circadian blood pressure and heart rate rhythms revealed that neither epinephrine vasoconstrictor in anesthetics nor increased invasiveness of the procedure resulted in statistically significant deviations from regular, individualized blood pressure rhythms. For surgical appointments, time of day had the greatest effect on cardiovascular variables, with the greatest elevations in blood pressure seen for surgery at 8 a.m. and the largest blood pressure decreases seen for surgery at 2 p.m.
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U2 - 10.14219/jada.archive.1998.0245
DO - 10.14219/jada.archive.1998.0245
M3 - Article
C2 - 9573697
AN - SCOPUS:0032044174
SN - 0002-8177
VL - 129
SP - 461
EP - 469
JO - Journal of the American Dental Association
JF - Journal of the American Dental Association
IS - 4
ER -