Pulse oximetry is useful for people with chronic ... or earlobe — here's to use it properly so you can get an accurate reading. Visit Insider's Health Reference library for more advice.

Avoid moving your hand or finger while waiting for the reading. In a few seconds, the device will display your blood oxygen level as %SpO2. It will also display your pulse as BPM. A normal blood ...

Pulse oximetry has been suggested as the preferred tool for continuos monitoring of patients at risk for the SIDS/ALTE/Apnea clinical complex. Technical difficulties related to difficulty of long ...

Hypoxemia went undetected in 0.8% of critically ill Asian patients when oxygen saturation was measured via pulse oximetry (SpO2) vs SaO2.