MISLEADING INFORMATION FROM PULSE OXIMETRY AND THE USEFULNESS OF CONTINUOUS BLOOD-GAS MONITORING IN A POST-CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENT

Authors
BENSON JP VENKATESH B PATLA V
Citation
Jp. Benson et al., MISLEADING INFORMATION FROM PULSE OXIMETRY AND THE USEFULNESS OF CONTINUOUS BLOOD-GAS MONITORING IN A POST-CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENT, Intensive care medicine, 21(5), 1995, pp. 437-439
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Intensive care medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03424642
Volume
21
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
437 - 439
Database
ISI
SICI code
0342-4642(1995)21:5<437:MIFPOA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We report a case where misleading readings form a pulse oximeter were compared with the results obtained from a continuous multiparameter bl ood gas sensor (Paratrend 7 - Biomedical Sensors UK). The continuous m ode of recording was useful in determining the right clinical course f or the patient and serves to show how pulse oximetry may demonstrate m isleading results in low flow states.