Temperature threshold for burn injury: An oximeter safety study

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 411-415

  Greenhalgh, David G ^a,c   Lawless, Mary Beth ^a   Chew, Bradford B ^b   Crone, Willem A ^b   Fein, Michael E ^b   Palmieri, Tina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Nellcor Puritan Bennett   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BREAST REDUCTION; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; OXIMETRY; PULSE OXIMETER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOGENESIS;

BLISTER; BURNS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; HEAT; HUMANS; OXIMETRY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 4744341934     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000138295.63830.90     Document Type: Article

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