AOL

Everyone’s Buying These Pulse Oximeters — Here’s What They Don’t Know

Clipped to a fingertip, a pulse oximeter uses light beams to analyze your heart rate and the amount of oxygen being carried in your bloodstream. Normal levels in otherwise-healthy adults range between ...
WIVB-TV

Best pulse oximeter

Which pulse oximeter is best? Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, most people had likely never heard of a pulse oximeter. Now, this handy, potentially life-saving device has become ...
Health.com

Pulse Oximeter: Uses and When To Monitor at Home

A pulse oximeter measures blood oxygen levels at home and in healthcare settings. Abnormally low readings on a pulse oximeter might require medical care, especially if they are below 92%. Skin color ...
CNN

A growing push to fix pulse oximeters’ flawed readings in people of color: ‘This can be dangerous’

As a triple threat of respiratory illnesses – flu, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, known as RSV – sweeps the United States, emergency departments are using one small tool more than usual to ...
WMUR

FDA panel to examine evidence that pulse oximeters may not work as well on dark skin

IT'S CALLED A PULSE OXIMETER. YOU MAY RECOGNIZE IT AS THE CLIP THAT DOCTORS PUT ON A PATIENT'S FINGER TO MEASURE BLOOD OXYGEN LEVELS. A HEALTHY NUMBER IS ABOUT 98 OR ABOVE, BUT BECAUSE THE DEVICE ...