What is a Pulse Oximeter?
This device checks how well your heart is pumping oxygen through your body.
Oximeters measure oxygen saturation (SpO2). This represents the extent to which hemoglobin is saturated with oxygen. Hemoglobin is protein in red blood cells (RBCs) that binds with oxygen to carry it from your lungs to the tissues of your body. Here is a link to more info on Hemoglobin. |
It may be used to monitor conditions that can affect blood oxygen levels.
Some of these conditions include:
Some of these conditions include:
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- asthma
- pneumonia
- lung cancer
- collapsed lung
- pulmonary embolism
- anemia
- heart attack or heart failure
- Sleep apnea
- congenital heart defects
(You can click on each of these to learn more)