The pulse oximeter perfusion index as a predictor for high illness severity in neonates

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 561-562

  De Felice, Claudio ^a   Latini, Giuseppe ^a   Vacca, Paola ^a   Kopotic, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAREGIVER; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEUKOMALACIA; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; OXYGENATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE RATE; SEPSIS;

ARTIFACTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORBIDITY; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; SKIN ABNORMALITIES; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0036387476     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-1042-5     Document Type: Article

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