ArticleJournal of the Korean Surgical Society2012
Utility of digital pulse oximetry in the screening of lower extremity arterial disease.
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- Diagnostic efficacy of pulse oximetry versus Ankle-Brachial index for peripheral vascular disease in type 2 diabetes.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- Usefulness of lower extremity pulse oximetry for detection of external iliac artery dissection during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.JA clinical reports · 2025Article
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- Frequency of lower extremity artery disease in type 2 diabetic patients using pulse oximetry and the ankle-brachial index.International journal of medical sciences · 2021Observational
- Peripheral arterial disease screening and diagnostic practice: A scoping review.International wound journal · 2020Article
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- Pulse Oximetry as a Screening Test for Hemodynamically Significant Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Journal of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies · 2018Article
- The Predictive Value of Pulse Oximeters for Pulse Improvement after Angiography in Infants and Children.Iranian journal of pediatrics · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to evaluate screening methods in the lower extremities by measurement of the digital pulse oximetry (oxygen percent saturation [SpO(2)]) of toes for peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
methodsA prospective study was performed among 49 patients (98 limbs) with lower extremity arterial occlusive disease. We attempted to measure the ankle-brachial index (ABI), digital pulse oximetry (SpO(2)), and computerized tomographic angiography (CTA). Patients were divided into three groups by the traditional Fontaine classification system by symptom and CTA criteria: 1) Critical limb ischemia (Fontaine III and IV), 2) Claudication; (Fontaine II), and 3) asymptomatic limbs (Fontaine I).
resultsThe sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values between active treatment groups (group I and II; endovascular and open surgery) and conservative group (group III) are all statistically significant. ABI; 55.09%, 94%, 96.7%, 39.02% (R = 12.54, P < 0.000) SpO(2); 87.06%, 87.8%, 84.3%, 90% (R = 40.11, P < 0.000). Pre-SpO(2) and pre-ABI all show statistically significant correlation in group I vs. group II, symptomatic PAD (group I and II) vs. asymptomatic PAD (group III), and the total PAD comparison. The Pearson's correlation coefficient between SpO(2) and ABI all show significant correlation in group II. Pre-SpO(2) vs. Pre-ABI show strong positive correlation except asymptomatic group (group III).
conclusionDigital pulse oximetry can be a useful, simple, noninvasive screening device as well as ABI in PAD.
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