Does pulse oximeter use impact health outcomes? A systematic review

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 694-700

  Enoch, Abigail J ^a   English, Mike ^b,c   Shepperd, Sasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence Based Medicine; Health services research; Outcomes research; Paediatric Practice; Respiratory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINAHL; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HYPOXIA; INFANT; NEWBORN; OXIMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYPOXIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; OXIMETRY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84954290225     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309638     Document Type: Article

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