Pneumonia 'finger clip' and better diagnostic tests could save thousands of lives
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 15:34
in Health & Medicine
Routinely used in hospitals, pulse oximetry is a non-invasive technology that measures oxygen in the blood, and can help doctors diagnose conditions such as pneumonia which trigger low oxygen levels. The authors argue that if pulse oximetry was made more widely available in the community, it could allow children to be diagnosed quicker and sent to hospital for life-saving oxygen and antibiotics.