A pulse oximeter measures both your pulse and the oxygen saturation in your blood. You’ve probably had one of these on your finger or earlobe at the doctor’s office or a hospital.

How fast does your heart beat? It’s a tough question to answer, because our heart rate changes all the time depending on what we’re doing and how our body is behaving. However, ...

Pulse oximeters could be a handy tool to monitor COVID-19 symptoms at home, write Stuart Marshall and David A. Story.

As the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over, home isolation is being advised for patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. However, continuously monitoring their health using thermometers and ...

A recent study investigated whether Masimo pulse oximetry might help screen for obstructive sleep apnea in children with Down syndrome.

Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels is no better than just regularly asking patients with COVID-19 if they are short of breath, according to new research at the Perelman School of ...

Dr. Slitine and colleagues sought to improve early detection of CCHD in Morocco by studying the feasibility of implementing CCHD screening using pulse oximetry. From March 2019 to January 2020 ...

Sales of at-home pulse oximeters have exploded during the pandemic, as worried patients keep close tabs on their blood oxygen levels. But while these devices are handy, they're often less ...

A study in the journal Pneumonia investigated the accuracy of Masimo RRp® with the Rad-G™ pulse oximeter on pediatric patients.