TY - T1的脉搏血氧仪是一个重要的工具that saves lives: a call for standardisation JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.00815-2021 VL - 57 IS - 6 SP - 2100815 AU - Cilloniz, Catia AU - Simonds, Anita AU - Hansen, Kjeld AU - Alouch, Josep AU - Zar, Heather AU - Nakanishi, Yoichi AU - Levine, Stephanie AU - Cohen, Mark AU - Dela Cruz, Charles AU - Evans, Scott E. AU - Sanguinetti, Maurizio AU - Vila, Jordi AU - Díez Manglano, Jesús AU - Ferrer, Ricard AU - Criado, Lucio AU - Polo García, José AU - Correcher, Zaira AU - Rodriguez-Hurtado, Diana AU - Terrazas, Carmen AU - Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen AU - Garcia-Vidal, Carolina AU - Aoun, Zeina AU - Amirav, Israel Y1 - 2021/06/01 UR - //www.qdcxjkg.com/content/57/6/2100815.abstract N2 - Pneumonia is a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly amongst adults aged >70 years and children. Annual deaths due to pneumonia in these groups was estimated at more than one million and 672 000 worldwide for both groups, respectively, in 2019 [1]. The importance of pneumonia is highlighted by impact of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on vulnerable populations. Yet, despite the high impact of pneumonia worldwide, diagnosing pneumonia, especially in children in low- and middle-income countries, remains a big challenge. Frequent clinical signs of pneumonia (cough and difficult or rapid breathing) are non-specific and can overlap with other prevalent diseases in these settings, such as malaria. Equally important, data provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that 40% of children with pneumonia symptoms in the 40 countries reporting 90% of child pneumonia deaths never receive medical care for their pneumonia [2]. Furthermore, overdiagnosis of bacterial pneumonia and unnecessary administration of antibiotics poses an extra challenge, particularly in countries with limited resources for diagnostic procedures.A call to action to immediately review the accuracy of pulse oximeters so that all patients receive optimal and equitable diagnosis and treatment for hypoxaemia https://bit.ly/2RSPDCT ER -