A 50-year-old woman with severe resting hypoxia not amendable to high-flow oxygen supplementation

Introduction: Pulse oximetry is a widely used non-invasive method to measure arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2). However, haemoglobinopathies, including rare low-oxygen-affinity variants such as haemoglobin (Hb) Lansing can result in falsely low SpO2 readings due to alterations in the Hb oxygen disso...

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Main Authors: Razi Even-dar, Reem Mhamid, Karwan Badarni, Evelyne Shabad, Yaron Bar-lavie, Yaniv Dotan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2025-04-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/5069
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