Comparison of Traditional and Plethysmographic Methods for Measuring Pulsus Paradoxus

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-51

  Clark, Jeff A ^a,b   Lieh Lai, Mary ^a   Thomas, Ron ^a   Raghavan, Kalyani ^a   Sarnaik, Ashok P ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMATIC STATE; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PARADOXICAL PULSE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0347362615     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.1.48     Document Type: Article

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