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William Osler Health System - Respiratory Therapy Resources: Respiratory Assessment

Respiratory therapy information

Auscultation

Auscultation of the Respiratory System Journal of Thoracic Medicine 2015, 10(3):158

Auscultation

Oximetry

Oxygen Saturation StatPearls by Brant B. Hafen and Sandeep Sharma, updated November 23, 2022
Pulse Oximetry UpToDate topic review

Hemoglobin Oxygen Dissociation Curve from UpToDate

Respiratory Rate and Vital Signs

Physiology, Respiratory Rate From StatPearls by Charilaos Chourpiliadis and Abhishek Bhardwaj. Last updated September 12, 2022
Vital Sign Assessment From StatPearls by Amit Sapra; Ahmad Malik; Priyanka Bhandari updated May 8, 2022

Respiratory rates observed over 15 and and 30 s compared with rates measured over 60 s Rimbi, M et al. QJM 2019; 513