Pulse oximetry in pediatric practice

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 740-752

  Fouzas, Sotirios ^a   Priftis, Kostas N ^b   Anthracopoulos, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Hemoglobin oxygen saturation; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; INDIGO CARMINE; INDOCYANINE GREEN; METHYLENE BLUE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; HEART RATE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NEWBORN SCREENING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL VALUE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PEDIATRICS; PERFUSION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TACHYCARDIA; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

ANOXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPEROXIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG DISEASES; NEONATAL SCREENING; OXIMETRY; PEDIATRICS; RESUSCITATION; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO;

EID: 80053489127     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0271     Document Type: Review

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