Many patients with severe Covid-19 cases have been shown to have extremely low levels of oxygen in the blood. Perhaps that's why people are so interested lately in pulse oximeters, medical devices that measure the saturation of oxygen in red blood cells.
Many patients with severe cases of Covid-19 have been shown to have extremely low levels of oxygen in the blood. Others who have tested positive find themselves experiencing shortness of breath.
Perhaps that's why people are so interested lately in pulse oximeters, medical devices that measure the saturation of oxygen in red blood cells.Video reveals lung damage in US coronavirus patient: 'People need to take this seriously'Pulse oximeters were sold out on the websites of CVS and Walgreens, a search on Friday showed. US sales of pulse oximeters spiked on January 20 when the country's first Covid-19 case was confirmed, and again in mid-February, according to Quartz.
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