Comparison of the gold standard of hemoglobin measurement with the clinical standard (BGA) and noninvasive hemoglobin measurement (SpHb) in small children: a prospective diagnostic observational study

ConclusionNoninvasive measurement of hemoglobin agrees more with the reference method than the measurement of hemoglobin using a blood gas analyzer. However, both methods can show clinically relevant differences from the reference method (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01693016).

Source: Pediatric Anesthesia - July 15, 2015 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Eva Wittenmeier, Sophia Bellosevich, Susanne Mauff, Irene Schmidtmann, Michael Eli, Gunther Pestel, Ruediger R. Noppens Tags: Original Article Source Type: research