Oximeter reliability in a subzero environment

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1053-1056

  Macnab, Andrew J ^a,b   Smith, Michael ^a   Phillips, Norman ^a   Smart, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE RATE; RELIABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FREEZING; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; OXIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029827524     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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