Pulse oximetry revisited: "But his O2 sat was normal!"

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 268-272

  Clark, Angela P ^a   Giuliano, Karen ^b   Chen, Hsing Mei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OXIMETRY; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ARTIFACTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOVEMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING RECORDS; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33845501866     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002800-200611000-00004     Document Type: Review

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