Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Aug 1994
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialAccuracy assessment for three fiberoptic pulmonary artery catheters for SvO2 monitoring.
To compare values of SvO2 obtained by reflectance spectrophotometry continuous monitoring with those obtained from blood samples measurements by transmission spectrophotometry (Co-Oximetry). ⋯ For usual monitoring in the ICU, SAT2 and OX3, gave SvO2 values which are in acceptable agreement with SvO2 measured on blood samples by Co-Oximetry.