Patients with darker skin tones have peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) readings that are higher than patients with a ...

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Put simply, SpO2 is a measure of blood oxygen saturation. The more oxygen you have in your blood, the higher your SpO2 levels are going to be. Seeing as our bodies need oxygen to survive, we can ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A major UK study shows that commonly used home pulse oximeters can overestimate oxygen levels in ...

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia) give ...

Measuring blood oxygen levels on the Apple Watch has been a staple of its health monitoring experience since it arrived. Yet, an ongoing patent dispute in the US has complicated matters over the last ...

Two studies suggest both under- and over-estimation of blood oxygen levels ...

Medtronic, a global leader in healthcare technology, announced verification study results for its investigational Nellcor™ ...