Rate of decline in oxygen saturation at various pulse oximetry values with prehospital rapid sequence intubation

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-51

  Davis, Daniel P ^a,b   Hwang, James Q ^a   Dunford, James V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Desaturation; Hypoxemia; Pulse oximetry; Rapid sequence intubation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; ANOXIA; BRAIN INJURIES; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; OXIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38149006186     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701710470     Document Type: Article

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