Nurse opinions and pulse oximeter saturation target limits for preterm infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Nghiem, Tuyet Hang ^a   Hagadorn, James I ^b   Terrin, Norma ^c   Syke, Sally ^c   MacKinnon, Brenda ^c   Cole, Cynthia H ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

NICU; Oxygen saturation; Oxygenation; Policy; Prematurity; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; STATISTICAL MODEL; BLOOD; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; OXIMETRY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATAL NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OXIMETRY;

EID: 44449114343     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2257     Document Type: Article

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