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A pilot project in Uganda is testing a low-cost mobile phone-based pulse oximeter to improve anesthesia monitoring and potentially predict severe outcomes in preeclampsia and childhood pneumonia.
Discusses the role and consensus belief in pulse oximetry for anesthesia monitoring during surgery, specifically in the context of Africa.
The use of pulse oximetry for anesthesia monitoring during surgery has become the standard of care in the developed world. Although a causal link between pulse oximetry and anesthesia death rates has not been firmly established, there is a consensus belief that ability to monitor the oxygenation of
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Jocelyn Edwards (2012) conducted an editorial in Anesthesia monitoring and oxygenation. Mobile phone-based pulse oximeter was evaluated. A pilot project in Uganda is testing a low-cost mobile phone-based pulse oximeter to improve anesthesia monitoring and potentially predict severe outcomes in preeclampsia and childhood pneumonia.
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