Principles of pulse oximetry | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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This chapter is at least loosely associated with Section F12(i) from the 2017 CICM Primary Syllabus[1], which expects the exam candidates to be able to "describe the principles of pulse and tissue oximetry, co-oximetry including calibration, sources of errors and limitations". Abuse of punctuation notwithstanding, this syllabus item appears relevant to the revising exam candidate, as pulse oximetry has appeared in past Primary Exam papers:

 In fact, it has even found its way into the Fellowship Exam (Question 3[2] from the first paper of 2006). Fortunately, some of the college comments were spectacularly informative, and the trainees were left with a very clear idea of what was expected. Unfortunately, as there have been no college SAQs regarding co-oximetry or tissue oximetry, we are somewhat in the dark with regards to what is relevant. As such, only som...