Diagnosis of congenital heart disease in newborns is sometimes delayed until after hospital discharge, increasing the risk of illness and death. A 2009 scientific statement from the American Academy ...

Pulse oximetry is a tool that provides clinical guidance. When physicians are aware of the limitations of their tools, they modify their behavior – witness the many instances where a more accurate and ...

Pulse oximetry, a simple test for blood oxygen saturation, has the potential to detect congenital cardiac abnormalities in newborn babies that might be missed by antenatal ultrasonography and neonatal ...

The UCSF Hypoxia Laboratory and UCSF Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia (CHESA) are formally launching the Open Oximetry Project, a multi-year initiative to improve access to safe ...

To detect moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children, nocturnal pulse oximetry (NPO) may be a reasonable alternative to cardiorespiratory polygraphy if the latter is not accessible.

Home monitoring and resources for patients: NHSE guidance states certain groups of patients who are symptomatic of Covid-19 should be provided with a pulse oximeter, home monitoring guidance and ...

Continuous monitoring of heart activity permits measurement of heart rate variability (HRV), a basic parameter of heart health and other diseases. This Design Idea is a new design of pulse oximetry ...

The fingertip devices that hospitals use to monitor patients' oxygen levels might be less accurate in people with dark skin, a new study suggests. At issue are pulse oximeters -- small medical devices ...

Home monitoring and resources for patients: NHSE guidance states certain groups of patients who are symptomatic of Covid-19 should be provided with a pulse oximeter, home monitoring guidance and ...

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, [Ludwin] noted that ...