Effects of skin pigmentation on pulse oximeter accuracy at low saturation

Anesthesiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 715-719

  Bickler, Philip E ^a   Feiner, John R ^b   Severinghaus, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

AIR; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 16244406223     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200504000-00004     Document Type: Article

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