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Re: Wierd blood oxygen levels!!

Posted by D.H. on April 22, 2005 at 15:58:31:

In Reply to: Re: Wierd blood oxygen levels!! posted by sleepy_tech_waco on April 22, 2005 at 02:08:15:

Sixty events per hour (which is one per minute) indicates serious sleep fragmentation. Presumably, (s)he is awakened by these events before his(her) oxygen level falls significantly. Despite good blood oxygen saturation, (s)he is not getting adequate or quality sleep. This is certainly "life-style threatening" and probably life-threatening!

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