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Dr Martin J Tobin discusses health disparities related to pulse oximeter accuracy and the need for improvement to make health care equitable.

In OSA, oxygen desaturation respiratory events during REM sleep occur more often in Black adults, especially Black women, than in White adults.

Some COVID-19 patients have experienced silent hypoxia, a condition causing low oxygen levels (without obvious symptoms). This condition can be fatal.

In an Earth-sized take on the age-old ‘correlation or causality’ question, researchers have come across a fascinating match between Earth’s magnetic field and its oxygen levels si… ...

But on May 28, baby Arabella was rushed back to the Freeman Hospital as her oxygen saturation levels had dropped dramatically and the family were told she would have to have surgery sooner.

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