Pulse oximetry: Basic principles and applications in aerospace medicine

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 973-978

  Wagner, Jessica L ^a   Ruskin, Keith J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxyhemoglobin; Methemoglobin; Oximeter; Oxygen saturation; Oxyhemoglobin

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTIFACT; CALIBRATION; FLIGHT; MECHANICAL PROBE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; VASOCONSTRICTION; WAVEFORM;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OXIMETRY;

EID: 34848873142     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2087.2007     Document Type: Review

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