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That report, obtained and released by journalist Mark Danner earlier this year, describes an episode during which a doctor used a pulse oxymeter (a medical device that is placed on a patient's finger) to monitor the blood-oxygen level of a detainee being waterboarded for an hour.
John H. Tucker: C.I.A. Inspector General Report: Did Military Doctors Intervene When Necessary? 2009
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/Ph.D. research physician, whose contributions spanned more than the G-suit, including heart catheterization, 3-D heart imaging and technology for the fingertip blood-oxygen monitor and the heart-lung machine.
A Research Physician's Innovations Bore Fruit in Unexpected Ways 2009
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Did the Russian woman want to see your nails because she wanted to sell you something, or because it is a quick way to detect low blood-oxygen content?
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Under his direction, the UCLA lab has become one of the world's leading facilities for detecting the use of banned substances such as anabolic steroids, the blood-oxygen booster erythropoietin (EPO) and an array of other prohibited performance-enhancing drugs.
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Experts attribute this improvement to the development of safer, faster-acting drugs and more sophisticated monitoring equipment that gauges the breathing rates, blood-oxygen levels, and even brain waves of sedated patients.
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Next we checked her blood-oxygen saturation level to see if she could hold her own without oxygen.
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Next we checked her blood-oxygen saturation level to see if she could hold her own without oxygen.
Mountain Gorillas: Discovery Channel: One Gorilla Saved 2007
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The first thing to do was check her blood-oxygen saturation.
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The first thing to do was check her blood-oxygen saturation.
Mountain Gorillas: Discovery Channel: The Newest Orphan 2007
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It gets a much larger volume of air into your lungs and will consequently help to increase your blood-oxygen level as you head into higher realms see Belly Breathing, page 52.
ChiWalking Katherine Dreyer 2006
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