Effects of divided attention and operating room noise on perception of pulse oximeter pitch changes: A laboratory study

Anesthesiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 376-381

  Stevenson, Ryan A ^a,b   Schlesinger, Joseph J ^a   Wallace, Mark T ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHESIST; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NOISE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESIDENT; RESPONSE TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NOISE; OPERATING ROOMS; OXIMETRY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872840793     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31827d417b     Document Type: Article

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