Q&A: Updating pulse oximeters
A portable device used to detect blood oxygen levels revolutionized the medical field 50 years ago and is now receiving essential updates.
Jul 7, 2023
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A portable device used to detect blood oxygen levels revolutionized the medical field 50 years ago and is now receiving essential updates.
Jul 7, 2023
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In an engineering breakthrough, a Washington University in St. Louis biomedical researcher has discovered a way to use light and color to measure oxygen in individual red blood cells in real time.
Mar 25, 2013
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A research team led by investigators at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found that a small device worn on a patient's brow can be useful in monitoring stroke patients in the hospital. The device measures blood oxygen, similar ...
Feb 1, 2012
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About 1 in every 120 babies are born with congenital heart disease (CHD), of which about 25 percent is critical, requiring special care early in life. CHD is responsible for more deaths in the first year of life than any ...
Aug 22, 2011
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Low blood oxygen is more common in sick children than previously thought, and strongly increases children's risk of death, Australian-led research has found.
Oct 31, 2019
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Women suffering from sleep apnea have, on the whole, a higher degree of brain damage than men with the disorder, according to a first-of-its-kind study conducted by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing. The findings ...
Dec 3, 2012
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Vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, pulmonary hypertension, and cardiac fibrosis are associated with a reorganization of the structure of blood vessels. Researchers led by the University of Tsukuba have demonstrated ...
Dec 22, 2022
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Macrophages are best known for their Pac Man-like ability to gobble up cellular debris and pathogens in order to thwart infection. A new study in The Journal of Cell Biology describes how these immune cells also help resolve ...
Dec 8, 2014
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Pulmonary edema, a buildup of fluid in the lungs that can be fatal, presents a 125-year-old medical puzzle—one that has now been solved by researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) and Arts et Métiers ParisTech. ...
Dec 8, 2022
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In patients with an acute heart attack, remote ischemic conditioning – intermittent inflation of a blood pressure cuff to cut off blood flow to the arm during transportation to hospital for acute balloon dilatation – ...
Sep 20, 2013
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