Pulse oximeter accuracy and precision affected by sensor location in cyanotic children

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-397

  Farshad Sedaghat Yazdi, ^a   Torres, Adalberto ^a   Fortuna, Randall ^a   Geiss, Dale M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Pediatrics; Physiologic monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CYANOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FOOT; HAND; METHODOLOGY; OXIMETRY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYANOSIS; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; OXIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 61749100321     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181727967     Document Type: Article

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