How to Use pulse oximeter in a Sentence

pulse oximeter

noun
  • But what if my friend hadn’t dropped off the pulse oximeter?
    Pooja Yerramilli, STAT, 17 Apr. 2020
  • You guys have been putting this pulse oximeter just like on one of his toes.
    Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • This is a clip-on pulse oximeter to show you your blood oxygen level and heart rate.
    Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 10 Dec. 2020
  • In White patients, the pulse oximeter gave a misleading number 3.6% of the time.
    Jacque Smith, CNN, 20 Feb. 2021
  • The pair discussed something quietly, and took the pulse oximeter off and put it back on.
    Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Morales knelt down and put a pulse oximeter onto his finger.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Movano plans to seek FDA approval as a licensed pulse oximeter.
    IEEE Spectrum, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The pulse oximeter on his finger showed that his oxygen levels were in the mid-90s — which is normal.
    A. Ian Wong, STAT, 8 July 2022
  • And of course, iFixit found the pulse oximeter sensor inside.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Everybody in the bubble had a pulse oximeter that measured the amount of oxygen in their blood.
    Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Mar. 2021
  • And on the Series 6, Apple added the ability to perform what a pulse oximeter does.
    Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 24 Sep. 2020
  • His 33-year-old son-in-law’s blood oxygen dipped to 92 at some points, according to an at-home pulse oximeter.
    Emily Woodruff, NOLA.com, 18 Jan. 2021
  • The best pulse oximeter for you is one recommended to you by your doctor.
    Sara Hendricks, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Cohen said his doctor told him what levels to look for using the pulse oximeter that would be cause for alarm.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Take pulse oximeters, which use red and infrared light to measure blood oxygen.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 18 Mar. 2023
  • My friend Justine, also a doctor, went to borrow a pulse oximeter for me from our friend Jon.
    Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
  • Outfitted with a pulse oximeter, Chafin kept up with his legal work from home.
    Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021
  • But the physician still did not give his mother oxygen, pointing to the pulse oximeter’s reading.
    Donovan Thomas, ajc, 27 June 2022
  • Some had been asked to put their fingers in a pulse oximeter, which measures blood-oxygen levels.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 15 June 2020
  • At 9:52, Higgins said, the video showed the technician coming back into the room and adjusting the pulse oximeter on the baby’s foot.
    Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Ultimately, the pulse oximeter can estimate the amount of oxygen in the blood without the need for a blood sample.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Along with fitness stats, the Charge 4 can also track your pulse oximeter measurements to tell you how much oxygen is in your blood.
    Melissa Lee, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The emergency room sent him home with an inhaler to help with his breathing and a pulse oximeter to measure the level of oxygen in his blood.
    USA Today, 14 Mar. 2021
  • In the absence of a pulse oximeter, one rough measure of respiratory function is a self-test called the Roth score.
    Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • At one point, her pulse oximeter showed her oxygen level had dropped to 87, well below normal.
    Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Then, a pulse oximeter showed his oxygen levels were dropping.
    Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The provider sent her a pulse oximeter to check her blood oxygen level and report the reading during their calls, a standard practice.
    Felicia Schwartz, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Using a pulse oximeter to measure oxygen levels and heart rate.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • But he was not deterred, not even when the pulse oximeter which sounds an alarm when oxygen levels get too low started beeping.
    NBC News, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Her doctors told her to get a pulse oximeter to monitor her blood oxygen levels.
    Morgan Romero, oregonlive, 24 Dec. 2020

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