Unexpectedly low pulse oximetry measurements associated with variant hemoglobins: A systematic review

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 882-885

  Verhovsek, Madeleine ^a,b   Henderson, Matthew P A ^b   Cox, Gerard ^b   Luo, Hong yuan ^a   Steinberg, Martin H ^a   Chui, David H K ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN BASSETT; HEMOGLOBIN BONN; HEMOGLOBIN CANEBIERE; HEMOGLOBIN CHEVERLY; HEMOGLOBIN CHICO; HEMOGLOBIN COLOGNE; HEMOGLOBIN DELAWARE; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN F CIRCLEVILLE; HEMOGLOBIN FM FORT RIPLEY; HEMOGLOBIN HAMMERSMITH; HEMOGLOBIN LANSING; HEMOGLOBIN LOUISVILLE; HEMOGLOBIN M; HEMOGLOBIN M IWATE; HEMOGLOBIN M MILWAUKEE; HEMOGLOBIN NISHINOMIYA; HEMOGLOBIN OKAZAKI; HEMOGLOBIN REGINA; HEMOGLOBIN ROTHSCHILD; HEMOGLOBIN SETH; HEMOGLOBIN SUNSHINE; HEMOGLOBIN TITUSVILLE; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MISSENSE MUTATION; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; OXIMETRY;

EID: 77958564044     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21810     Document Type: Review

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