Knowledge on pulse oximetry among pediatric health care professionals: A multicenter survey

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Fouzas, Sotirios ^a   Politis, Pantelis ^b   Skylogianni, Eleni ^a   Syriopoulou, Theodora ^c   Priftis, Kostas N ^d   Chatzimichael, Athanassios ^e   Anthracopoulos, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Aegion   (Greece)

^c Kalamata General Hospital   (Greece)

^d PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Pulse oximetry; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTERED NURSE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXIMETRY; PEDIATRICS; STANDARDS;

CHILD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OXIMETRY; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77956283319     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0849     Document Type: Article

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