#350 Rapid Response Series: Acute Hypoxemia
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
Polso Symmetry Versus Blood Gas
A pulsox is shining light through your skin and measuring the absorption of humoglobi. Another consepution introduces the idea of oxygen delivery. And this is how much oxygen is actually going to the tissues. The reason why this is important is because if you imagine somebody who has a low cardiac output and who is anemic, their ability to deliver oxygen is going to be severely impaired.
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