By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A major UK study shows that commonly used home pulse oximeters can overestimate oxygen levels in ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a rapidly evolving global health crisis. The condition COVID-19 develops as a result of infection from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and can ...

Two studies suggest both under- and over-estimation of blood oxygen levels ...

DARIEN, IL – A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting is the first to find that episodic hypoxemia and hypoxic burden related to obstructive sleep apnea are associated with the ...

A new research study provides possible explanations for COVID-19 patients who present with extremely low, otherwise life-threatening levels of oxygen, but no signs of dyspnea (difficulty breathing).

Q: Which doctor should I consult for Hypoxemia? A: A pulmonologist or a cardiologist should be consulted for Hypoxemia. A: Nocturnal hypoxia is mainly observed in patients with chronic bronchitis and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Across several subgroups, preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation lowered hypoxemia more than an oxygen mask ...

Even as patients continue to reach hospital late, resulting in high Covid-19 mortality, doctors have warned of silent hypoxemia, a phenomenon in which a patient doesn’t appear breathless or uneasy ...

Hyperventilation: Rapid or deep breathing in excess of that needed to supply oxygen to the body. Alveoli: The small units of lungs, these are tiny air sacs where oxygen is transferred into lungs and ...