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Critically ill patients in emergency department may be characterized by low amplitude and high variability of amplitude of pulse photoplethysmography

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present pilot study was to determine if pulse photoplethysmography amplitude (PPGA) could be used as an indicator of critical illness and as a predictor of higher need of care in emergency department patients. METHODS: This was a prospective observational study. We collect...

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Autores principales: Pirneskoski, Jussi, Harjola, Veli-Pekka, Jeskanen, Petri, Linnamurto, Lari, Saikko, Simo, Nurmi, Jouni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3693899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23799988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-21-48