I just received my pulse oximeter. My SPO2 is reading in the 60's, which I know to be inaccurate. Is this common?
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If it is in the 60s you need immediate oxygen. I would go to a local clinic and get your current SPO2 reading. No, this is not normal.
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I had a similar experience... Until I realized that the pulse number and SaO2 number are reversed to the labeling on the top. 60s was really my pulse and the 98 was the SaO2. Double-check your display.
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I have not had any problems with my oximeter since I bought it. If you have circulation problems in your hands, that could be giving you an inaccurate reading.
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I don't know if it goes to !00% or not but I have never known anyone either with the oximeter or in the Doctor's Office to have a 100% saturation. We have been using oximeters for about 10 years now and when my husband's oxygen level is 98 or 99 we feel really good about it. For medicare purposes your oxygen level has to be below 88% for at least 5 minutes before you need extra oxygen.
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Not sure. Try to check by taking actual pulse on wrist or machine at drug store. Have you set up your age and such? Mine was accurate but would lock up when I worked out.
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As others that have responded, I also obtain variation in my bp readings. I don't find anything very surprising in different readings.
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Next to the digital number it will say spo2 that is the oxygen saturation level
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The pleth is an extremely important graph to see. It tells you how good the pulsatile signal is. If the quality of the pulsatile signal is poor, then the calculation of the oxygen saturation may be wrong.
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Sorry I can't really help; I am the only user but it seems to hold a fair number in memory. I just take it with me to the cardiologist so he can scroll through the readings. Very easy to use and he tells me it's accurate.
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Nope, I'm in same boat as you. I have the 400 and the white hand held and they are about 10% different. I eat pretty well and am in phase 3 of P90X so I'm inclined to believe the hand held which has me in my mid teens is more accurate than the 400 which has me near 28%. It really sucks that it is off that much.
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I can not answer that but what I did was take it to the nurse where I work and compared their readings to mine using their equipment vs mine. The results were very close. The nurse was happy with the comparison. She said it is not an exact science.
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Possibly the 63 is your heart beat and the 91 would be your oxygen level. My unit does not register63/91 but two separate readings on two different levels on the face of the screen
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The life of the batteries (two AAA) depends on how often the Pulse Oximeter is used. I don't know about setting the alarm as it defaults to below 93% and that is the level we are monitoring.
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Mine is not accurate. It has been giving me a diastolic reading of 98 for 2 weeks which sent me to the doctor (costing me money and time.) At the doctor's office got two separate readings of 80. Came home and used this device and got 98 again. So it's off by 18 - which makes it worse than useless. I'm going to have to toss it even though it's practically new. Unless someone else wants it?
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Hi Kathy, I have this pulse-ox, the oxygen reading is on the top, the bottom reading is the heart rate. I use one for work. It does what I need. Bleach-rt
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YES YOU CAN Please go to the TEMPIR Website http://temp-ir.com/collections/frontpage/products/finger-pulse-oximeter you will find all the information you need you can set both Pulse and SPo2 levels to alarm by entering the function menu this is fully described on the above web pages through instruction videos and is also in the original instructions I Hope this Helps Tim TempIR Customer Services
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As far as I know you don't. I have two other oxymeters and have taken overnight tests with professional grade recorders and my meter reads accurate out of the box when cross-referenced with the other meters. It is important, at least for me, to remember I can vary up to 5 points depending on what finger I use with any meter. Anyway, my meter came accurate and didn't need calibrating so I never looked in to it.
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The header "SpO2" on the face is above the Oxygen level. Also "BPM" (stands for beats per minute) is above the pulse rate.
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I noticed the same thing, it reads higher than the bayer one I have also by 20 points. This meter is a piece of junk in my opinion, wastes lots of strips.