Unexpected falsely low pulse oximeter measurements in a child with hemoglobin Cheverly [17]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 259-260

  Yodfat, Uriel A ^a   Vaida, Sonia J ^b  

^a Riverside Anesthesia Associates   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; CASE REPORT; HEMOGLOBIN CHEVERLY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER;

EID: 33745826683     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000215225.62860.6A     Document Type: Letter

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