Effect of skin pigmentation on pulse oximetry accuracy in the Emergency Department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 965-970

  Adler, Jonathan N ^a   Hughes, Lori A ^c   Vivilecchia, Robert ^c   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOWELL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxygen saturation; Pulse oximeter; Skin pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RELIABILITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0031707716     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02772.x     Document Type: Article

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