A retrospective analysis of over 7,000 patients with COVID-19 found that pulse oximeter devices — tools that measure oxygen levels in the blood and that are used in virtually every U.S. hospital — ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pulse oximeter measurements of blood oxygen levels appear to be unreliable to assess the severity of COVID-19 ...

The severity of COVID-19 pneumonia can be difficult to assess in people from different ethnic groups, due to inaccurate readings from a device that measures the level of oxygen in the blood of ...

Monitoring your oxygen level with a pulse oximeter if you have COVID-19 can help determine if it falls too low. Low levels may need medical attention. COVID-19 is a respiratory infection. It can cause ...

Normal blood oxygen level is either 95%-100% SpO2 on an oximeter or 80-100 mm Hg from an ABG test. ABG tests are more accurate than pulse oximeters, which have a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For a study presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting, Julia Baranda Balmaceda, BS, an MD candidate (2024) at ...

Apple's new Apple Watch Series 6 goes all-in on health care, including a new feature to measure blood oxygen level-- a vital sign that's been helpful monitoring COVID-19, among other things. Other ...

A new study shows just how lifesaving home monitoring of oxygen levels can be. Credit...Aileen Son for The New York Times Supported by By Tara Parker-Pope When my daughter returned to school this fall ...

The device's accuracy in measuring oximetry levels on dark skin pigmentation has been reinforced by a recent peer-reviewed publication in the Mayo Clinic Clinical Proceedings, Digital Health, which ...

The device's accuracy in measuring oximetry levels on dark skin pigmentation has been reinforced by a recent peer-reviewed publication in the Mayo Clinic Clinical Proceedings, Digital Health, which ...