Tachypnoea is a good predictor of hypoxia in acutely ill infants under 2 months
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Tachypnoea is a good predictor of hypoxia in acutely ill infants under 2 months.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the respiratory rate as an indicator of hypoxia in infants < 2 months of age. SETTING Pediatric emergency unit of an urban teaching hospital. SUBJECTS 200 infants < 2 months, with symptom(s) of any acute illness. METHODS Respiratory rate (by observation method), and oxygen saturation (SaO(2)) by means of a pulse oximeter were recorded at admission. Infants were categ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0003-9888
DOI: 10.1136/adc.82.1.46