Advanced pulse oximeter signal processing technology compared to simple averaging. I. Effect on frequency of alarms in the operating room

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 192-195

  Rheineck Leyssius, Aart T ^a   Kalkman, Cor J ^a  

^a TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alarms; Artifact; Hypoxemia; Monitoring; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AVERAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANOXEMIA; ARTIFACTS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OPERATING ROOMS; OXIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0033133825     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(99)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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