Performance of five pulse oximeters to detect hypoxaemia as an indicator of severe illness in children under five by frontline health workers in low resource settings – A prospective, multicentre, single-blinded, trial in Cambodia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda

Performance of five pulse oximeters to detect hypoxaemia as an indicator of severe illness in children under five by frontline health workers in low resource settings – A prospective, multicentre, single-blinded, trial in Cambodia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda

Background: Low blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), or hypoxaemia, is an indicator of severe illness in children. Pulse oximetry is a globally accepted, non-invasive method to identify hypoxaemia, but rarely available outside higher-level facilities in resource-constrained countries. This study aims to...

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Main Authors: Kevin Baker, Max Petzold, Akasiima Mucunguzi, Alexandra Wharton-Smith, Emily Dantzer, Tedila Habte, Lena Matata, Diana Nanyumba, Morris Okwir, Monica Posada, Anteneh Sebsibe, Jill Nicholson, Madeleine Marasciulo, Rasa Izadnegahdar, Tobias Alfvén, Karin Källander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-08-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Subjects:
Childhood pneumonia
Severe illness
Low-income country
Diagnostic aids
Pulse oximeter
Health worker performance
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537021003205

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