hypoxemia
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A normal reading is between 95% and 100% and anything below that is hypoxemia, which can be fatal.
From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023
A patient must be found to have severe hypoxemia or an arterial oxygen saturation level below 93 percent, both of which would suggest the individual was severely starved of oxygen.
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022
Dr. Ian Wong, a Duke University researcher, confirmed elevated levels of hidden hypoxemia in Black and Hispanic patients.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022
“It seems like Trump is stable, but remains at high risk, given transient hypoxemia, some findings on chest imaging,” Wachter wrote on Twitter.
From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2020
The term hypoxemia refers to low levels of oxygen in systemic arterial blood.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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