Advances in photoplethysmography: beyond arterial oxygen saturation;Progrès de la photopléthysmographie: au-delà de la saturation artérielle en oxygène

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1313-1328

  Bartels, Karsten ^a   Thiele, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACCURACY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; PERFUSION; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE WAVE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; BLOOD; DEVICES; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84947491260     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: 14968975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-015-0458-0     Document Type: Article

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