Open AccessComparison of Standard and Enhanced Pulse Oximeter Auditory Displays of Oxygen Saturation: A Laboratory Study With Clinician and Nonclinician Participants
Author(s) -
Estrella Paterson,
Penelope Sanderson,
Birgit Brecknell,
Neil Paterson,
Robert G. Loeb
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000004267
Subject(s) - medicine , target range , confidence interval , audiology , auditory display , crossover study , latency (audio) , odds ratio , standard deviation , speech recognition , statistics , artificial intelligence , computer science , pathology , telecommunications , alternative medicine , mathematics , placebo
When engaged in visually demanding tasks, anesthesiologists depend on the auditory display of the pulse oximeter (PO) to provide information about patients' oxygen saturation (SpO2). Current auditory displays are not always effective at providing SpO2 information. In this laboratory study, clinician and nonclinician participants identified SpO2 parameters using either a standard auditory display or an auditory display enhanced with additional acoustic properties while performing distractor tasks and in the presence of background noise.