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What is o2 saturation?

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In medicine it refers to the percent O2 attached to (arterial) hemoglobin as a comparison to the maximum that could be attached.
In a healthy person the blood leaving the lungs (and/or the left ventricle) should be 100% (or not less than 99%).

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