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pulse oximetry

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oximetry [ok-sim´ĕ-tre]
measurement of oxygen saturation of the blood using an oximeter.
pulse oximetry a noninvasive method of indicating the arterial oxygen saturation of functional hemoglobin, using a pulse oximeter.
oximetry
measurement of the oxygen content of arterial blood.
pulse oximetry
use of a spectrophotoelectric instrument applied to the skin which measures pulse rate and the percentage of oxygenated and reduced hemoglobin.
pulse oximetry
Oxygen saturation measurement, SaO Critical care
A method used to determine the O2 saturation–SaO2 and desaturation of blood in a continuous noninvasive fashion, through the noninvasive assessment of arterial Hb-bound O2 saturation, based on the combined techniques of optical plethysmography and spectrophotometry; PO is accurate within 5% of a standard co-oximeter when the SaO2 is in the 70-100% range; accuracy plummets below 70%; PO is used to detect O2 desaturation accurately, inexpensively, quickly, safely, and is useful in endoscopy, recovery, intensive care, and for evaluating obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, for which the gold standard is the costly and onerous nocturnal polysomnography
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From croup to congenital heart disease, respiratory clinicians have used pulse oximetry as a useful adjunct to clinical assessment in children.
Pulse oximetry and children by Richardson, Stephanie / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
The clinic, which will also offer cardiac evaluation and treatment for children from the unborn foetus to adolescence, is equipped with echocardiography, pulse oximetry, vital signs monitor and ECG machines.
New child centre by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
The HemoNIR allows personnel to determine whether factors such as drugs or smoke inhalation (carbon-monoxide poisoning) have affected a patient's blood prior to measuring blood-oxygen levels using pulse oximetry.
Point-of-care testing: reduce labor costs by Medical Laboratory Observer
 
 
 
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