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. 2022 Jun 30;1(5):100394.

doi: 10.1016/j.jscai.2022.100394. eCollection 2022 Sep-Oct.

Pulse Oximetry Error in Patients With Single-Ventricle Palliation

Cara M Pritchett¹, Conor P O'Halloran¹, Amy S Lay¹, Ann Monahan¹, Paul Tannous¹

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PMID: 39131470
PMCID: PMC11308000
DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2022.100394

Pulse Oximetry Error in Patients With Single-Ventricle Palliation

Cara M Pritchett et al. J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv. 2022.

. 2022 Jun 30;1(5):100394.

doi: 10.1016/j.jscai.2022.100394. eCollection 2022 Sep-Oct.

Authors

Cara M Pritchett¹, Conor P O'Halloran¹, Amy S Lay¹, Ann Monahan¹, Paul Tannous¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

PMID: 39131470
PMCID: PMC11308000
DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2022.100394

No abstract available

Keywords: congenital heart disease; error; pulse oximetry; race; single ventricle; skin tone.

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(A) Percentage of oxyhemoglobin (SpO₂) as a function of arterial oxygen saturation (SaO₂) and race. (B) SpO₂ as a function of SaO₂ and diastolic runoff lesions. (C) SpO₂ as a function of SaO₂, race, and diastolic runoff lesions. (D) Patient demographics. AA, African American; BSA, body surface area; BTTS, Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt; cath, catheterization; Hgb, hemoglobin; PA, pulmonary artery; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; SaO₂, arterial oxygen saturation; SpO₂, percentage of oxyhemoglobin.

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