Does perioperative pulse oximetry improve outcome? Seeking the best available evidence to answer the clinical question

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-123

  Pedersen, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arterial oxygen saturation; Cognitive dysfunction; Complications; Hypoxaemia; Monitoring; Perioperative; Pulse oximetry; Respiratory monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MEDLINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RECOVERY ROOM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 10644266784     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-6896(04)00049-7     Document Type: Review

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