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2. Everyone’s Buying These Pulse Oximeters — Here’s What They ...

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   Price: $186 on sale from Concord Health Supply Buy It This hospital-grade pulse oximeter is on the pricey end of the spectrum — and it measures only blood oxygen levels and pulse rate.

3. Pulse oximetry - Wikipedia

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   A pulse oximeter probe applied to a person's finger. A pulse oximeter is a medical device that indirectly monitors the oxygen saturation of a patient's blood (as opposed to measuring oxygen saturation directly through a blood sample) and changes in blood volume in the skin, producing a photoplethysmogram that may be further processed into other measurements. [4]

4. The problem with pulse oximeters your doctor probably ... - AOL

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   Pulse oximeters came along in the 1980s as an easy and painless alternative. The device shines a light through the fingertip, seeking out oxygen-rich blood. The more light that’s absorbed, the ...

5. Oxygen saturation (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   The pulse oximeter is a small device that clips to the body (typically a finger, an earlobe or an infant's foot) and displays its reading, or transfers it to another device. Oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin differ in absorption of light of different wavelengths.

6. Vital signs - Wikipedia

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   Vital signs (also known as vitals) are a group of the four to six most crucial medical signs that indicate the status of the body's vital (life-sustaining) functions. These measurements are taken to help assess the general physical health of a person, give clues to possible diseases, and show progress toward recovery.

7. Photoplethysmogram - Wikipedia

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   In this case, a PPG can be obtained from a pulse oximeter on the head, with the most common sites being the ear, nasal septum, and forehead. PPG can also be configured for multi-site photoplethysmography (MPPG), e.g. by making simultaneous measurements from the right and left ear lobes, index fingers and great toes, and offering further ...