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Re:Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado by rajup on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:58PM (#29827102)
Wait 87 SpO2?! I'm pretty sure that's the point at which you would be on a ventilator? Not sure what sleep has to do with SpO2 and it seems criminally negligent for the emergency room to just send your wife off with just a cough medicine..
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Re:Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado by nradov on Thursday January 06, 2022 @01:44PM (#29827927)
An SpO2 of 92% or lower is considered severe. In most cases the patient should be hospitalized.

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n677

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Re:Omicron at 100% Prevalence, Colorado by causality0 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @07:08PM (#29832648)
If it stays there yes. This was for less than five seconds. After the medicine it hasn't gone below 95.
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