Yes you can! Chronic, very end-stage pulmonary hypertension can result in lowering of oxygen sats. In the early and moderate stages, the effects are found more in the efficiency of the right side of the heart which has to pump against the increased pressure. Only if the person also has parenchymal or airway lung disease or pulmonary hypertension that has severely effected the heart will oxygen saturation drop. The symptom of shortness of breath in pulm hypertension is due to inefficiency of the heart, no a problem with the lungs.
i dont think so.i have never seen that.the shortness of breath indicates a functionally deficient respiratory system..so i wonder how it can maintaine a 100% saturation level.
No, only if your O2 saturation machine has problem. The best way to find out the oxygen content in the blood is to do an arterial blood gas sample.
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