Evaluating the accuracy of pulse oximetry: Finger probe versus earlobe probe in patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 within the community setting.

E. Rickards (Liverpool, United Kingdom), S. Miller (Liverpool, United Kingdom), O. Hampson (Liverpool, United Kingdom), D. Wat (Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Diagnosis and management of COVID-19
Session: Diagnosis and management of COVID-19
Session type: E-poster
Number: 456

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