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Open Access
01-02-2011 | Poster presentation
Accuracy of a continuous non-invasive hemoglobin monitor in the ICU
Authors:
D Frasca, C Dahyot-Fizelier, C Karen, Q Levrat, N Soumagne-Vialle, M Boisson, B Debaene, O Mimoz
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
The non-invasive pulse CO-oximeter provides an immediate and continuous estimation of hemoglobin concentration non-invasively, and so has the potential to improve ICU patient care. We determined whether non-invasive hemoglobin measurement by pulse CO-oximetry could provide clinically acceptable absolute and trend accuracy in critically ill patients, compared with other invasive methods of hemoglobin assessment available at bedside and the gold standard, the laboratory analyzer. …