If someone’s blood oxygen level falls below 60 mm Hg, there may not be enough oxygen reaching the body’s vital organs. This can lead to symptoms such as shortness of breath and dizziness. This article ...

Vital signs, those fluorescent green numbers that beep, ding, and dash across black screens on the monitors in hospital rooms, have become a new source of angst during the coronavirus pandemic. One of ...

If your oxygen saturation level drops below 92%, seek medical help right away. A dangerously low oxygen level can make you ...

A portable device used to detect blood oxygen levels revolutionized the medical field 50 years ago and is now receiving essential updates. Efforts to improve the accuracy of pulse oximetry readings ...

The oxygen desaturation index (ODI) is a measure of insufficient blood oxygen (low levels) during sleep. If you have a diagnostic sleep study, this measure can be one of the components in the report ...