Utility and feasibility of integrating pulse oximetry into the routine assessment of young infants at primary care clinics in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Emdin, Connor A ^a   Mir, Fatima ^b   Sultana, Shazia ^b   Kazi, A M ^b   Zaidi, Anita K M ^b   Dimitris, Michelle C ^a   Roth, Daniel E ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAKISTAN; PERFORMANCE TIME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; TIME; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HYPOXIA; OXIMETRY; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OXIMETRY; PAKISTAN; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TRIAGE;

EID: 84942673505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-015-0463-z     Document Type: Article

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