Sometimes low oxygen saturation levels are related to high carbon dioxide levels. This can impact your SpO2 readings in two ways. First, when your body can't adequately dispose of this waste gas or is exposed to high amounts of carbon dioxide, it builds up in the blood and interacts with water to form carbonic acid.
3. Gasping for air. 4. She describes it as a sinking feeling in her chest. 5. She feels extremely tired after such episode. After an hour or so, her oxygen levels goes back to around 93-95. During such an episode, deep breathing helps in raising her saturation to 95 but drops to mid 80's once she resumes normal breathing.
In 1949, Davies and Mackinnon [] described oxygen-induced neurological symptoms in patients with cyanosis due to emphysema with chronic cor pulmonale.After encountering two such cases, including one with a fatal coma, the authors set up a study to examine the effect of oxygen on intracranial pressure (that is, cerebrospinal fluid pressures measured through a lumbar puncture) in similar patients.
The only true reading of actual O2 saturation is blood gas. Optical O2 sensors only measure hopoglobin saturation (usually oxygen) but could be something else (CO is the biggest false positive, but IV dyes and high billiruben can cause false lows also). Any ABG's done? Sounds like it was a trying patient for the staff though.
SpO 2 rose only to 86% while breathing 7 L/min supplemental oxygen via nasal cannula. Other vital signs were normal (blood pressure 124/68 mm Hg, heart rate 86 beats/min, respiratory rate 16/min) and the patient showed no signs of respiratory distress. Physical examination revealed normal breath sounds without any signs of heart failure.
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