Oxygen is among the most frequently administered medical therapies, with a level that is commonly adjusted according to the reading on a pulse oximeter that measures patients’ oxygen saturation.

This large prospective UK study compared five low-cost fingertip pulse oximeters with arterial blood gas measurements and ...

Oxygen saturation is a measure of the amount of hemoglobin that is bound to molecular oxygen at a given time point. It is an important parameter for managing patients in a clinical setup. Oxygen ...

The fingertip device that measures a person's blood oxygen saturation level can give Black people false readings more frequently than white people, a recent study found. The findings were noted in a ...