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Performance of five pulse oximeters to detect hypoxaemia as an indicator of severe illness in children under five by frontline health workers in low resource settings – A prospective, multicentre, single-blinded, trial in Cambodia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda

BACKGROUND: Low blood oxygen saturation (SpO(2)), or hypoxaemia, is an indicator of severe illness in children. Pulse oximetry is a globally accepted, non-invasive method to identify hypoxaemia, but rarely available outside higher-level facilities in resource-constrained countries. This study aims t...

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Autores principales: Baker, Kevin, Petzold, Max, Mucunguzi, Akasiima, Wharton-Smith, Alexandra, Dantzer, Emily, Habte, Tedila, Matata, Lena, Nanyumba, Diana, Okwir, Morris, Posada, Monica, Sebsibe, Anteneh, Nicholson, Jill, Marasciulo, Madeleine, Izadnegahdar, Rasa, Alfvén, Tobias, Källander, Karin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34368660
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101040