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  1. From the Departments of Anesthesia and of Health Evaluation Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, U.S.A.

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Orkin, F.K. Con: Is Pulse Oximetry Still Worthwhile?. J Clin Monit Comput 14, 369–372 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009999111561

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