Two easily measurable signs of health - respiration rate and blood-oxygen saturation - are distinctly predictive of higher mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study ...

Measuring blood oxygen levels at home is a safe way for people with COVID-19 to spot signs that their health could be deteriorating, and they may need emergency and hospital care, new research led by ...

If you’ve had a checkup, a medical professional may have clipped a device to your finger to measure your oxygen saturation (SpO2) and pulse. Until last year, that was my only experience with such ...

In critical care, meticulous monitoring of oxygen saturation and haemodynamic parameters is vital to guiding therapeutic interventions and improving patient outcomes. Traditional metrics, such as ...

Stuart Marshall is a councillor (non-executive director) for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) David A. Story is a councillor (non-executive director) for the Australian ...

When Fitbit launched the Charge 4 fitness band, one of the features we found the most interesting was its ability to estimate users' blood oxygen saturation levels through its SpO2 monitor. Users ...