A woman with low oxygen saturation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 380-387

  Hurford, William E ^a   Kratz, Alexander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; IBUPROFEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; METHEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MURMUR; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; THORAX PAIN; UTERUS MYOMA; BLOOD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSIS; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY;

CYANOSIS; CYTOCHROME-B(5) REDUCTASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN;

EID: 3242689562     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc049013     Document Type: Article

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