The impact of continuous pulse oximetry monitoring on intensive care unit admissions from a postsurgical care floor

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 868-875

  Ochroch, E Andrew ^a   Russell, Michael W ^b   Hanson III, William C ^b   Devine, Gayle A ^b   Cucchiara, Andrew J ^b   Weiner, Mark G ^b   Schwartz, Sanford J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 33644553810     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000195583.76486.c4     Document Type: Article

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