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Takuo Aoyagi—a Tribute to the Brain Behind Pulse Oximetry

A tribute is being paid to the Dr. Takuo Aoyagi who invented pulse oximetry to measure the oxygen saturation in the blood in 1974. The importance of pulse oximetry is felt more in this coronavirus pandemic. Takuo Aoyagi expired at Tokyo on 18 April 2020.

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Autor principal: Bhattacharya, Kaushik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7237228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32837057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12262-020-02365-x
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spelling pubmed-72372282020-05-20 Takuo Aoyagi—a Tribute to the Brain Behind Pulse Oximetry Bhattacharya, Kaushik Indian J Surg Focus - Institution and Surgeons A tribute is being paid to the Dr. Takuo Aoyagi who invented pulse oximetry to measure the oxygen saturation in the blood in 1974. The importance of pulse oximetry is felt more in this coronavirus pandemic. Takuo Aoyagi expired at Tokyo on 18 April 2020. Springer India 2020-05-20 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7237228/ /pubmed/32837057 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12262-020-02365-x Text en © Association of Surgeons of India 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7237228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32837057
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