Pulse oximetry.

Crit Care

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital and Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Hines, Illinois 60141, USA.

Published: January 1999

Pulse oximetry is one of the most commonly employed monitoring modalities in the critical care setting. This review describes the latest technological advances in the field of pulse oximetry. Accuracy of pulse oximeters and their limitations are critically examined. Finally, the existing data regarding the clinical applications and cost-effectiveness of pulse oximeters are discussed.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137227PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc341DOI Listing

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