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Question: Among infants 1–12 months old presenting to an emergency department with nonsevere bronchiolitis, does artificially raising the pulse oximeter values by 3 percentage points, compared to unaltered oximetry values, decrease the rate of hospital admission?
Question type: Intervention
Study Design: Randomized controlled
Investigators from The Hospital for Sick Children and Alberta Children’s Hospital in Canada conducted a randomized, double-blind, parallel-group trial to determine if artificially raising pulse oximeter readings by 3 percentage points in infants with bronchiolitis decreases hospital admissions. Previously healthy infants 1–12 months old with nonsevere bronchiolitis and oxygen saturations of ≥88% presenting to the emergency department (ED) were randomized to a true oximetry …
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