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Is Blood Oxygen Level Of 77% A Cause For Concern?
Question: My sister has stage 4 copd. she just text with oxi level 77%. tell me what that means. thanks XXXX
Brief Answer:
Low oxygen saturation of the blood
Detailed Answer:
Hello! Thank you for using HealthcareMagic.
I have gone through your question and I can understand your concern .
Oxygen level 77% shows low oxygen in the blood ( hemoglobin is bound with 77%with oxygen ) , normally this value should be 94-95%or more .
She has lack of oxygen in the blood and resulting in low oxygen delivery to the other organs too. Thus there's a need to take oxygen therapy and use the rescue drugs for the acute phase of COPD (Ventoline/Salbutamol), corticosteroids etc.
My suggestion would be, better to take her in the hospital to manage this acute phase .
Hope I have answered your question.
Let me know if you have any further clarifications.
Take Care !
Dr Balliu.
Low oxygen saturation of the blood
Detailed Answer:
Hello! Thank you for using HealthcareMagic.
I have gone through your question and I can understand your concern .
Oxygen level 77% shows low oxygen in the blood ( hemoglobin is bound with 77%with oxygen ) , normally this value should be 94-95%or more .
She has lack of oxygen in the blood and resulting in low oxygen delivery to the other organs too. Thus there's a need to take oxygen therapy and use the rescue drugs for the acute phase of COPD (Ventoline/Salbutamol), corticosteroids etc.
My suggestion would be, better to take her in the hospital to manage this acute phase .
Hope I have answered your question.
Let me know if you have any further clarifications.
Take Care !
Dr Balliu.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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