Pulse Oximetry

Learning Objectives
Re‑conceptualize pediatric pulmonary hypertension as pulmonary hypertensive vascular disease.
Explain why adult hemodynamic definitions are insufficient for children
Describe pediatric‑specific classification systems for pulmonary vascular disease
Apply a multidisciplinary framework to the management of pediatric PH
Implement a physiology‑based, stepwise approach to pulmonary hypertensive crisis in the ICU
Author(s)
Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH
Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School
Citation
Wolbrink TA. Pulse Oximetry. 6/2014. Online Video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3098/pulse-oximetry.
