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Re: Awake SaO2 average

Posted by Fog on December 08, 2001 at 04:13:02:

In Reply to: Awake SaO2 average posted by OzChrisR on December 07, 2001 at 19:05:48:

If you were hooked up to an oximeter at a hospital the alarm would ring at 89, not 93.

Something is causing the relatively low value, its not optimal, but its not critical.


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