#350 Rapid Response Series: Acute Hypoxemia
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
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What Is Pulsox and Pulse Oxidation?
In order to see sinosis, you need to have about five grams per decilator of oxygenated hemogovan. If you're hemogobin's ten%, that means your sat's 50%. That's also why a lot of people can be hypoxemic without being sienotic. What a pulse ox is is, it's just shining a red light, and an inch red light, through your skin,. and measuring with a saturate of humagobinance. There are some big limitations to that, which we can talk about.
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