Objective
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Oxygen Saturations
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Purpose
Assesses efficiency of oxygen transportation around the body
All ages with good peripheral blood flow
Assesment Type
Patient Group
Respiratory
Age Group
Infants (0-2 years) | Children (3-12 years) | Adolescents (13-17 years) | Young Adult (18+ years)
ICF domain
Body Structure & Function
Area of assessment
Respiratory Function
Key description
Description
A saturation probe is placed on a finger/ toe or ear
Reliability / validity
95% confidence interval
Strengths / weaknesses
Pulse oximetry requires a good pulsatile blood flow and no interference with measurement of light absorption and detection
Can give early warning of respiratory failure.
Good correlation with SaO2
Cost
Variable- dependent on equipment used
Equipment required
Saturation device
Training required
N/A
Considerations & references
Cost
Variable- dependent on equipment used
References/ Links
https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/32/4/1053
https://www.verywellhealth.com/oxygen-saturation-914796
Time to complete
5minutes (including set up time)
Comments
R Display understandable in most languages
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