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Heart Disease (Expert Forum)
Too much oxygen in blood?
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Too much oxygen in blood?
by Jamie__0__0, Apr 05, 1999 12:00AM
My mother 45, 1-1 1/2 pack a day smoker over weight though has lost 45 pounds
had blood tests done a few weeks back and the only thing to come back as
abnormal was she had high oxygen saturation in her blood. I can't seem
to find a thing anywhere about this. I posted on the General forum this morning
but I went to return and it has disappeared. Please direct me to information.
Thank you in advance.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF Cardio MD - MTR, Apr 05, 1999 12:00AM
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Dear Jamie, thank you for your question. I suspect that your mother had a test called an arterial blood gas performed to determine the oxygen saturation of her blood. Normal oxygen saturations are > 92%. If her saturation was 99-100%, that would still be considered normal. Alternatively, it could be that she has an elevated hemoglobin concentration in her blood which could be related to chronic smoking.
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