title: Comparison of the Nellcor N-200 and N-3000 pulse oximeters during simulated postoperative activities.
abstract: Twenty-six healthy volunteers were monitored simultaneously with the Nellcor N-200 and N-3000 pulse oximeters during nonhypoxaemic simulated postoperative activity. The overall number of registered events (hypoxaemic episodes or loss of signal) was fewer with the N-3000 than with the N-200 (8 vs. 32, p < 0.00005). Episodes of "desaturation' of > or = 5% from baseline were significantly fewer with the N-3000 than with the N-200 (5 vs. 19, p = 0.0001), and lowest values below 90% occurred nine times on the N-200, but were not seen with the N-3000 (p < 0.00005). Furthermore, episodes owing to loss of signal were significantly rarer with the N-3000 than with the N-200 (3 vs. 13, p = 0.001). The Nellcor N-3000 oximeter may offer an advantage over the N-200 model when monitoring patients in the postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Gastroenterology 235, Hvidovre University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lie
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kehlet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D010092:Oximetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000295:instrumentation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*