
Causes of Spurious Readings When Using Pulse Oximeter
Purpose: | To determine if the oxygen saturation reported by pulse oximeter may be spurious. |
Specialty: | Pulmonology Clinical Laboratory |
Objective: | other testing |
ICD-10: | J00-J99 |
Description: | The oxygen saturation reported using a pulse oximeter usually correlates with the actual oxygen saturation of arterial blood. However, the presence of certain conditions may make the readings unreliable. |
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