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Pulse oximetry in a cohort study of sickle cell disease.
Clinical and laboratory haematology - 1 Mar 1997
Homi J, Levee L, Higgs D, Thomas P, Serjeant G
Abstract excerpt
Oxygen saturation was determined by pulse oximetry in a representative sample of Jamaican patients with steady-state sickle cell disease in a cohort study from birth. There were 220 with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease and 142 with sickle cell-haemoglobin C (SC) disease aged 9-18 years, and 122 with a normal haemoglobin (AA) genotype aged 15-18 years. Pulse oximetry (SpO2) values were lower in SS disease...
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