Oxygen saturation measurements in telemonitoring of patients with COPD: a systematic review

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 113-123

  Buekers, Joren ^a,b   De Boever, Patrick ^a,c   Vaes, Anouk W ^a,d   Aerts, Jean Marie ^b   Wouters, Emiel F M ^d   Spruit, Martijn A ^c,d,e   Theunis, Jan ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Ciro   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; exacerbation; oximetry; oxygen saturation; remote monitoring; telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMONITORING; METABOLISM; OXIMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE;

HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85041201254     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17476348.2018.1417842     Document Type: Review

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