pulse oximetry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpulseandoximetry
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pulse
noun
uk/pʌls/us/pʌls/
the regular beating of the heart, especially when it is felt at the wrist or side of ...
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oximetry
noun[U]
uk/ɒkˈsɪm.ə.tri/us/ɑːkˈsɪm.ə.tri/
the activity of measuring the level of oxygen in someone's blood using a special device, usually attached to ...
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(Definition ofpulseandoximetryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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During the hospital stay, he became desaturated withpulseoximetrydropping to the low 50s.
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The present saturations of oxygen, measured withpulseoximetry, range from 74% to 81%.
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Combiningpulseoximetryand clinical examination in screening for congenital heart disease.
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This finding represents an additional cost per additional timely diagnosis of £4,894 and £4,496,666 forpulseoximetryand for screening echocardiography.
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He was discharged at 22 days of age with saturations bypulseoximetryof 94%.
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At-risk patients should be closely monitored for postoperative decompensation withpulseoximetryand daily clinical examination.
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She was an appropriate-for-gestational age infant with mild cyanosis (saturation = 85% bypulseoximetryin room air).
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Using the secondary outcome, the cost per additional diagnosis falls to £1,489 forpulseoximetryand £36,013 for screening echocardiography.
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This number is substantially lower for clinical examination (.5 percent, 460 infants) andpulseoximetry(1.3 percent, 1,168 infants).
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The false-positive rate is very high with screening echocardiography (5.4 percent), but lower withpulseoximetry(1.3 percent) or clinical examination alone (.5 percent).
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Although encouraging, this study alone is not sufficient to permit recommendation of addingpulseoximetryto a newborn screening checklist immediately.
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Non-invasive assessment of oxygen saturation bypulseoximetryis useful for spot checks or long- term monitoring.
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Pulseoximetryat that time showed an arterial saturation of 50%, unresponsive to administration of 100% oxygen.
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Monitoring of oxygenation withpulseoximetryis mandatory.
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More recentlypulseoximetryhas been used during labour and in the postnatal period.
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Estimates of test performance forpulseoximetrywere taken from published studies (34), supplemented by expert opinion.
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The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged five days later in normal sinus rhythm, with 97% systemic saturation as judged bypulseoximetry.
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