Prospective venox feasibility study.
Venox is a propriety Venous Oximetry system, capable of measuring peripheral venous oximetry. In this ongoing study, Venox is being compared against mixed central venous oximetry during human cardiac surgery, with Fibre optic reflectance spectrophotometry being used as the gold standard, placed in the pulmonary artery. A background review of the Pulse oximetry, current venous oximetry techniques and the potential advantage of the VENOX system are discussed. Lessons learnt, Preliminary results, and future plans are included in discussion.
Crabtree
Vincent
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Photonics Engineering and Health Technology Research Group, Loughborough University, UK (e-mail: v.p.crabtree@lboro.ac.uk).
Echiadis
Angelos
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Smith
Peter
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Boehm
Maria
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Mehmet
M
Bence
Johan
J
Machin
David
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Swanavelder
Justiann
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Alexiou
Christos
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Doukas
George
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Pidgeon
Willis
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Hadjinikolaou
Leon
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Spyt
Tomasz
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