Pulse oximeter, the fifth vital sign: A safety belt or a prison of the mind?

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-332

  Tozzetti, Camilla ^a   Adembri, Chiara ^a   Modesti, Pietro Amedeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA;

DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 70350622440     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-009-0268-x     Document Type: Article

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