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Assessing tissue oxygenation
Barbara E Berry1, Agnes Eugine Pinard
1Mailman Center for Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Fla., USA.
Critical Care Nurse
|July 3, 2002
Abstract:
Although physical examination remains an important part of the nursing assessment, assessment of tissue oxygenation provides additional vital information. Nurses who are caring for patients with compromised functioning must have a basic understanding of the physiological relationships between oxygen saturation, cardiac output, and acid-base balance and must be able to plan nursing care based on this knowledge.