Does ambient light affect the accuracy of pulse oximetry?

Respiratory Care

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 677-680

  Fluck Jr , Robert R ^a   Schroeder, Christine ^a   Frani, Greg ^a   Kropf, Brad ^a   Engbretson, Brenda ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Oxyhemoglobin saturation; Patient assessment; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DARKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FINGER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0642275551     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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