Journal article
DETERMINING THE BEST METHOD FOR NELLCOR PULSE OXIMETER SENSOR APPLICATION
JA Dawson, A Saraswat, L Simionato, M Thio, COF Kamlin, L Owen, GM Schmoelzer, PG Davis
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2011
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2011.856
Abstract
Background and Aims: To be useful in the delivery room, pulse oximeters must provide clinicians with accurate data in the first minutes after birth. This study aimed to identify the sensor application technique which gave the fastest display of accurate data using the Nellcor N-600x Oximax Pulse Oximeter (PO).Method: Stable infants from our Neonatal Intensive and Special Care nurseries with electrocardiograph (ECG) monitoring were included. Three sensor application techniques were studied: sensor connected to cable, then applied to infant;sensor connected to cable, applied to investigator's finger, then to infant;sensor applied to infant, then connected to cable.The order of techniques was r..
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