Overnight pulse oximetry in normal children and in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-65

  Owen, G O ^a,b   Canter, R J ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillectomy; Children; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING;

EID: 0030067621     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.1996.tb01026.x     Document Type: Article

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