Is nasal suctioning warranted before measuring O2 saturation in infants with bronchiolitis?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 114-115

  Moschino, Laura ^a   Mario, Federica ^a   Carraro, Silvia ^a   Visentin, Federica ^a   Zanconato, Stefania ^a   Baraldi, Eugenio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Respiratory Syncytial Virus Network (ReSViNET)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHIOLITIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LETTER; NASAL SUCTIONING; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; SUCTION; BLOOD; NEWBORN; NOSE CAVITY; OXIMETRY; PROCEDURES;

OXYGEN;

BRONCHIOLITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NASAL CAVITY; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; SUCTION;

EID: 84952035605     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309587     Document Type: Letter

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