The use (or otherwise) of pulse oximetry in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 516, 2005, Pages 501-502

  Ingram, Georgia ^a   Munro, Neil ^a,b  

^a Capelfield Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CALIBRATION; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; LEG ULCER; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHEEZING; ECONOMICS; OXIMETRY;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; OXIMETRY;

EID: 21344462137     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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