Introduction Post-operative patients with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea are at risk of sudden respiratory failure after receiving anesthesia because of repressed respiratory and hemodynamic responses [1] . While all patients have their oxygen saturation automatically monitor in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), few have their respiration rate monitored. The goal of our study is to dev...

In the context of a healthcare facility, external noise includes traffic, deliveries and sirens. Internal noise can include ventilator noise and alarms, suctioning, heart monitor alarms, nebulizers, pulse oximeter tones and alarms, telephones ringing, air conditioning, television, radio, banging, rubbish bin or trolley noises, intercoms, staff bleeps, talking (staff, nurses), visitors, fellow-p...

In this paper we propose new criteria to classify daily life activities using accelerometer and pulse oximeter. As a result, once the device decides in emergence, it sends a short message to server and then connected to the u-Healthcare center or emergency center and one’s family.

Detecting life-threatening common dyshemoglobins such as carboxyhemoglobin (COHb, resulting from carbon monoxide poisoning) or methemoglobin (MetHb, caused by exposure to nitrates) typically requires a laboratory CO-oximeter. Because of cost, these spectrophotometer-based instrument are often inaccessible in resource-poor settings. The aim of this study was to determine if an inexpensive pocket...

The objective of this prospective, observational study with consecutive sampling was to assess the reliability, bias, and precision of Nellcor N-395 (N) and Masimo SET Radical (M) pulse oximeters in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease and children with congenital heart disease recovering from cardiopulmonary bypass-assisted surgery admitted to a cardiovascular operating suite and pe...

INTRODUCTION Measurement of oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry (SpO2) is frequently performed during exercise testing of patients with COPD to monitor for hypoxemia. The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy and precision of pulse oximetry during exercise. We hypothesized that the SpO2 would more closely reflect oxygen saturation as measured by co-oximetry (SaO2) when it was correct...

OBJECTIVE This study tested the effects of low perfusion caused by emerging sepsis on the reliability of a new pulse oximetry technology (Masimo SET; IVY 405T) compared with a standard pulse oximeter (Nellcor N-200). DESIGN Randomized trial. SETTING University animal research facility. SUBJECTS Twenty-six anesthetized, ventilated (Fio, 1.0), adult rabbits. INTERVENTIONS Pneumonia/sepsis...