Open AccessMulticenter study of hypoxemia prevalence and quality of oxygen treatment for hospitalized Malawian children
Author(s) -
Eric D. McCollum,
Erica C. Bjornstad,
Geoffrey A. Preidis,
Mina C. Hosseinipour,
Norman Lufesi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1878-3503
pISSN - 0035-9203
DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/trt017
Subject(s) - hypoxemia , medicine , pulse oximetry , oxygen saturation , oxygen therapy , pediatrics , multicenter study , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , randomized controlled trial , surgery , oxygen , chemistry , organic chemistry
Although hypoxemic children have high mortality, little is known about hypoxemia prevalence and oxygen administration in African hospitals. We aimed to determine the hypoxemia prevalence and quality of oxygen treatment by local clinicians for hospitalized Malawian children.