When technology creates uncertainty: pulse oximetry and overdiagnosis of hypoxaemia in bronchiolitis

Pulse oximetry drives overtreatment in children with bronchiolitis without improving clinical outcomes, argue Ricardo Quinonez and colleagues

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Published in:BMJ (Online) 2017-08, Vol.358, p.j3850-j3850
Main Authors: Quinonez, Ricardo A, Coon, Eric R, Schroeder, Alan R, Moyer, Virginia A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asthma
Bronchiolitis - complications
Bronchopneumonia
Child
Children
Children & youth
Clinical medicine
Collaboration
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Hospitals
Humans
Hypoxia - diagnosis
Hypoxia - etiology
Hypoxia - therapy
Medical Overuse
Mortality
Oximetry - adverse effects
Oxygen - blood
Pediatrics
Respiratory syncytial virus
Treatment Outcome
Viral infections
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Summary:Pulse oximetry drives overtreatment in children with bronchiolitis without improving clinical outcomes, argue Ricardo Quinonez and colleagues
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.j3850