Dark skin decreases the accuracy of pulse oximeters at low oxygen saturation: The effects of oximeter probe type and gender

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2007, Pages

  Feiner, John R ^a   Severinghaus, John W ^a   Bickler, Philip E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXIMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 44349104866     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000285988.35174.d9     Document Type: Article

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