Bedside Pulse Oximeters with a Clinical Algorithm Make Economic Sense in the Intensive Care Unit
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect on arterial blood gas (ABG) and hospital resource use by introducing a strategy of using bedside oximeters with a clinical algorithm, based on the argument that bedside pulse oximeters make economic sense in the intensive care unit (ICU) if safe patient oxygenation...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1996-01-01
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Series: | Canadian Respiratory Journal |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/783141 |