False alarms in very low birthweight infants: Comparison between three intensive care monitoring systems

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 571-576

  Ahlborn, V ^a   Bohnhorst, B ^a   Peter, C S ^a   Poets, C F ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

False positive alarms; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0033869570     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2000.tb00341.x     Document Type: Article

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