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  2. Pulse oximetry - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_oximetry

    Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive method for monitoring blood oxygen saturation. Peripheral oxygen saturation (Sp O 2 ) readings are typically within 2% accuracy (within 4% accuracy in 95% of cases) of the more accurate (and invasive) reading of arterial oxygen saturation (Sa O 2 ) from arterial blood gas analysis.

  3. Pulse Oximetry: Uses, Readings, and How It Works - Healthline

    www.healthline.com/health/pulse-oximetry

    Pulse oximetry can estimate the levels of oxygen in your blood. Find out how a pulse oximetry test works, what it's used for, and what the readings mean.

  4. Pulse Oximetry > Fact Sheets - Yale Medicine

    www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/pulse-oximetry

    Basically, pulse oximetry is a painless, noninvasive method of measuring the saturation of oxygen in a persons blood. Oxygen saturation is a crucial measure of how well the lungs are working. When we breathe in air, our lungs transmit oxygen into tiny blood vessels called capillaries.

  5. Pulse Oximetry - Johns Hopkins Medicine

    www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/pulse-oximetry

    Pulse oximetry is a test used to measure the oxygen level (oxygen saturation) of the blood. It's an easy, painless measure of how well oxygen is being sent to parts of your body furthest from your heart, such as the arms and legs.

  6. Pulse Oximetry: Readings, Normal Ranges, How It Works - Verywell...

    www.verywellhealth.com/pulse-oximetry-8708212

    Pulse oximetry is a quick, noninvasive test that measures the oxygen saturation levels in the blood, using a device called a pulse oximeter. It helps monitor how well oxygen is being delivered throughout the body. It is commonly used in hospitals, healthcare provider offices, and at home.

  7. Pulse oximetry is the name of the test using the pulse ox. It's a quick, inexpensive, and needle-free way to measure the amount of oxygen in your blood. What does a pulse oximeter measure?...

  8. Pulse Oximetry - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470348

    Pulse oximetry is sometimes referred to as the fifth vital sign; it is a quick and non-invasive monitoring technique that measures the oxygen saturation in the blood by shining light at specific wavelengths through tissue, most commonly the fingernail bed.

  9. Pulse Oximetry - American Lung Association

    www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-procedures-and-tests/pulse-oximetry

    The pulse oximeter, or Pulse Ox, is an electronic device that measures the saturation of oxygen carried in your red blood cells. Pulse oximeters can be attached to your fingers, forehead, nose, foot, ears or toes. The device may then be reused or disposed of.

  10. Pulse Oximetry: MedlinePlus Medical Test

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    Pulse oximetry is a test that uses a small, clip-like device called a pulse oximeter (Pulse Ox) to measure oxygen levels in your blood. When you breathe, your lungs take in oxygen and send it into your bloodstream.

  11. Pulse oximetry: fundamentals and technology update - PMC

    pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4099100

    Pulse oximetry has also been proposed as a newborn-screening test for the detection of critical congenital heart disease (CCHD), defined as CHD requiring surgery or catheter intervention in the first year of life.35 This application of pulse oximetry is distinctive, because it provides an assessment of cardiac physiology, while the usual aim of ...