Background: High blood oxygen tensions and oxygen tension variability have been linked to morbidity in preterm infants. Oxygen saturation (SpO2) monitoring is commonly used to guide oxygen therapy but ...

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 ...

Oxygen is absorbed by a protein in your blood called hemoglobin. When you breathe, your lungs load up blood cells with oxygen, then the pumping of your heart circulates the oxygen-rich blood through ...

Pulse oximetry is a means for non-invasive monitoring of oxygen saturation in blood. It employs an indirect method of assessing these conditions immediately just by clipping a sensor onto your finger ...

I mentioned in a previous post that I had purchased a home pulse oximeter and had used it to monitor my oxygen saturation (SpO2) levels during the time I had COVID-esque symptoms recently. Personally, ...

A major UK study shows that commonly used home pulse oximeters can overestimate oxygen levels in people with darker skin, increasing the risk of undetected hypoxemia and raising urgent questions about ...

MFine, a health tech startup in India, has developed a free mobile app that turns a smartphone into a blood oxygen saturation meter. The beta version of the app is currently available on Android ...

A new firmware update is now rolling out to Huawei's Watch GT 2 that brings the SpO2 monitoring feature. With this feature, the device now gains parity with the recently launched GT 2e. Huawei ...

A new update for the Charge 4 is rolling out, which will let users view blood oxygen saturation from the wrist. The update – spotted by 9to5Google – is part of a large package of new Charge 4 features ...