title: Making clinical decisions using SvO2 in PICU patients.
abstract: The use of continuous SvO2 monitoring in the critically ill pediatric patient helps guide the critical care nurse to make clinical decisions that individualize care and improve patient outcome. This article examines SvO2 and its components, oxygen delivery and oxygen consumption, as they apply to the pediatric intensive care patient.
authors.affiliation: PICU, Egleston Children's Hospital, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D010092:Oximetry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen