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New sensor to improve intensive care monitoring of breathing

An innovative new sensor could improve how hospital staff monitor patient breath rates and stability, according to new Oxford University research.

It is commonly understood that in both healthy animals and humans, arterial blood oxygen levels stay constant as we breathe. However, until now, the technology available has not been fast enough, or small enough, to be able to measure and demonstrate this.

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