There are two types of tests used to measure blood oxygen levels: pulse oximeter and arterial blood gas (ABG). A pulse oximeter may be used at home or at a medical office. ABG, while very accurate ...

A clear pattern emerged. The pulse oximeters, those small clips that doctors and nurses rely on to monitor blood oxygen, weren’t giving everyone the same quality of information. In some patients ...

In order to survive in the low oxygen conditions of the Tibetan Plateau, people living there ... higher oxygen saturation, and a higher pulse rate correlate with higher lifetime reproductive ...

Patients with darker skin who received less accurate readings of their oxygen levels using pulse oximeters — the ubiquitous devices clamped on hospitalized patients’ fingers — also received ...

Our results suggest that in the VA alone, there may be over 75,000 instances a year where low blood oxygen is missed in a Black veteran yet would have been detected if pulse oximeters functioned ...

Pulse oximeters are electronic devices that clamp onto a patient’s finger to estimate their blood oxygen levels and pulse rate. Prescription and over-the-counter versions of these devices became ...

Breathing thin air at extreme altitudes presents a significant challenge—there's simply less oxygen with every lungful ... women living on the high Tibetan Plateau have not only survived ...