A pulse oximeter is a small device that can measure the oxygen saturation in your blood. Pulse oximetry is useful for people with chronic lung or heart conditions, who need to monitor how well oxygen ...

The pulse oximeter is currently one of the most essential medical devices. This health instrument can actually help you during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this photo illustration, a young woman ...

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 ...

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 ...

Before the coronavirus pandemic, most Americans had heard about pulse oximeters only via TV shows where EMTs shout out a patient's "pulse ox" - or measure of oxygen in the blood. But when multiple ...

Keeping track of your basic vital statistics used to involve a trip to the doctor's office where you would be subjected to expensive equipment that you couldn’t hope to understand. But now, with the ...

How to use oximeter correctly: Breathlessness and shortage of oxygen have caused serious damage and are among the major reasons that have left people gasping for breath and also caused fatality.

As a triple threat of respiratory illnesses – flu, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV – sweeps the United States, emergency departments are using one small tool more than usual to ...

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 ...