False alarms and sensitivity of conventional pulse oximetry versus the Masimo SET(TM) technology in the pediatric postanesthesia care unit

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1336-1340

  Malviya, Shobha ^a   Reynolds, Paul I ^a   Voepel Lewis, Terri ^a   Siewert, Monica ^a   Watson, David ^a   Tait, Alan R ^a   Tremper, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0034085167     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200006000-00013     Document Type: Article

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