As the heat goes up this summer, you need to keep a eye on the wet-bulb temperature, but you'll need to know how to read ...

Introduction To better identify severe hypoxaemia as a major risk factor for specific illnesses in children aged under 5 years, the Améliorer l’Identification des détresses Respiratoires chez l’Enfant ...

An imaging study found early signs of coronary artery disease in people in Canada breathing air that regulators consider ...

Worldwide Medical Supply has announced the FingerbPulse Fingertip Pulse Oximeter, a portable device that measures blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) and pulse rate from the fingertip, offering a practical ...

"Vital signs are fine, but the patient feels unwell when I get them out of bed..." "The criteria are met, but for some reason, I'm afraid to mobilize them..." New therapists, are you struggling with ...

A few minutes before 11 PM on Friday night, White House physician Dr. Sean Barbarella’s memo on President Donald Trump’s physical exam was released by the White House. Trump paid a visit to Walter ...

Introduction Identifying acute hypercapnic respiratory failure is crucial in the initial management of acute exacerbations of COPD. Guidelines recommend obtaining arterial blood samples but these are ...

Jeffrey S. Lander, MD, is a board-certified cardiologist and the President and Governor of the American College of Cardiology, New Jersey chapter. To take a pulse oximetry reading, turn on the device, ...

This review synthesised existing evidence on racial disparities in pulse oximeter accuracy, quantified the degree of bias, evaluated clinical effects, highlighted implications for practice, and ...

Tiffany Kinyua is a psychology major with a minor in biology and she is a 2025-26 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own.

This study demonstrates that pulse oximetry can effectively be implemented as a screening tool for CHD in LICs, and as such, argues for further investment in systems-level resources to support ...

Zimlich is a critical care nurse who has been writing about health care and clinical developments for over 10 years. Normal blood oxygen saturation levels are 95% to 100%. Most people should have a ...