Pulse oximetry in paediatric primary care in low-income and middle-income countries

Affiliations

¹ Johns Hopkins Global Program for Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: emccoll3@jhmi.edu.
² Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
³ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
⁴ Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁵ Physio Monitor, San Ramon, CA, USA.
⁶ Lifebox Foundation, London, UK.
⁷ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Eric D McCollum et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;7(12):1001-1002.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30358-3. Epub 2019 Oct 17.

¹ Johns Hopkins Global Program for Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: emccoll3@jhmi.edu.
² Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
³ Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK.
⁴ Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
⁵ Physio Monitor, San Ramon, CA, USA.
⁶ Lifebox Foundation, London, UK.
⁷ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

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