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Pulse oximetry is an essential tool that saves lives: A call for standardisation

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dc.contributor.author Cilloniz, C.
dc.contributor.author Simonds, A.
dc.contributor.author Hansen, K.
dc.contributor.author Alouch, J.
dc.contributor.author Zar, H.
dc.contributor.author Nakanishi, Y.
dc.contributor.author Levine, S.
dc.contributor.author Cohen, M.
dc.contributor.author Cruz, C.D.
dc.contributor.author Evans, S.E.
dc.contributor.author Sanguinetti, M.
dc.contributor.author Vila, J.
dc.contributor.author Manglano, J.D.
dc.contributor.author Ferrer, R.
dc.contributor.author Criado, L.
dc.contributor.author García, José Polo
dc.contributor.author Correcher, Z.
dc.contributor.author Rodriguez-Hurtado, D.
dc.contributor.author Terrazas, C.
dc.contributor.author Muñoz-Almagro, C.
dc.contributor.author Garcia-Vidal, C.
dc.contributor.author Aoun, Z.
dc.contributor.author Amirav, I.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-10-04T23:01:00Z
dc.date.available 2021-10-04T23:01:00Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9880
dc.description.abstract Pneumonia is a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly amongst adults aged >70 years and children. Annual deaths due to pneumonia in these groups was estimated at more than one million and 672 000 worldwide for both groups, respectively, in 2019. The importance of pneumonia is highlighted by impact of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on vulnerable populations. Yet, despite the high impact of pneumonia worldwide, diagnosing pneumonia, especially in children in low- and middle-income countries, remains a big challenge. Frequent clinical signs of pneumonia (cough and difficult or rapid breathing) are non-specific and can overlap with other prevalent diseases in these settings, such as malaria. Equally important, data provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that 40% of children with pneumonia symptoms in the 40 countries reporting 90% of child pneumonia deaths never receive medical care for their pneumonia. Furthermore, overdiagnosis of bacterial pneumonia and unnecessary administration of antibiotics poses an extra challenge, particularly in countries with limited resources for diagnostic procedures en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher European Respiratory Society
dc.relation.ispartofseries European Respiratory Journal
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject human en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject oximetry en_US
dc.subject Oximetry en_US
dc.subject World Health Organization en_US
dc.title Pulse oximetry is an essential tool that saves lives: A call for standardisation en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00815-2021
dc.relation.issn 1399-3003


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