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The Advantages of Real-Time Oximetry over Intermittent Arterial Blood Gas Analyses in a Chest Department

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Pulse Oximetry

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In order to evaluate the benefits of routine oxygen saturation measurements using an oximeter, we initiated a prospective study for 1 month in a chest department to find out whether the use of an oximeter could reduce the number of arterial blood gas samples needed.

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  1. B. Dautzenberg
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  2. C. Gallinari
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  3. A. Moreau
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  4. C. Sors
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  1. Research Department of Anaesthetics, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PN, England

    James P. Payne MB, ChB, FFARCS, MD (Symposium Chairman, British Oxygen Professor of Anaesthetics and Director, Consultant Anaesthetist to the St. Peter’s Hospitals and The London Hospital) (Symposium Chairman, British Oxygen Professor of Anaesthetics and Director, Consultant Anaesthetist to the St. Peter’s Hospitals and The London Hospital)

  2. Department of Anesthesia, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, California, 94143, USA

    J. W. Severinghaus MD, FFARCS

  3. Anaesthetics Unit, The London Hospital Medical College, UK

    James P. Payne MB, ChB, FFARCS, MD (Symposium Chairman, British Oxygen Professor of Anaesthetics and Director, Consultant Anaesthetist to the St. Peter’s Hospitals and The London Hospital) (Symposium Chairman, British Oxygen Professor of Anaesthetics and Director, Consultant Anaesthetist to the St. Peter’s Hospitals and The London Hospital)

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Dautzenberg, B., Gallinari, C., Moreau, A., Sors, C. (1986). The Advantages of Real-Time Oximetry over Intermittent Arterial Blood Gas Analyses in a Chest Department. In: Payne, J.P., Severinghaus, J.W. (eds) Pulse Oximetry. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1423-9_7

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