Description |
viii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1. History of oxygen saturation monitoring -- 2. Optical principles -- 3. How pulse oximetry works -- 4. Calibration -- 5. Photoplethysmography -- 6. Physiology of oxygen transport -- 7. Pulse oximetry at high altitude -- 8. General clinical applications -- 9. Specific clinical applications -- 9.1. Emergency medicine -- 9.2. Anaesthesia -- 9.3. Postoperative recovery -- 9.4. Endoscopy -- 9.5. Dentistry and oral surgery -- 9.6. Sleep apnoea -- 9.7. Neonatal pulse oximetry -- 10. Limitations and morbidity -- 11. Dyshaemoglobins -- 12. Fetal pulse oximetry |
Notes |
Previous ed.: 1994, revised 1998 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Oximetry.
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Anesthesiology.
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ISBN |
0727917404 paperback |
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