Hemoglobin bassett produces low pulse oximeter and cooximeter readings

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1242-1244

  Das, Arvind ^a,d   Sinha, Sameer ^b   Hoyer, James D ^c  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin Bassett; Pulse oximetry; Variant hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN BASSETT; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BASSETT DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARAMETER; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; READING; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

EID: 34247219831     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-1310     Document Type: Article

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