Pulse oximetry in the accident and emergency department.
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Pulse oximetry in the accident and emergency department.
The early detection and treatment of hypoxia is important to reduce patient morbidity in the accident and emergency department. At present, the commonly used methods all have practical difficulties in the urgent situations that prevail in the department. Pulse oximetry has recently become a method of choice in many anaesthetic and intensive care units for the continuous monitoring of oxygenatio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1989
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.6.2.137